Awesome! My better half is a University professor (not tenured yet) and she had already joined Haidt's "Heterodox Academy" and had heard of the...
I'm working my way through this dense tome. Gotta love the hidden conspiratorial view of history, it's much more interesting than the elementary...
Wow, my regrettable coin misses seem quite pedestrian compared to that. Guess I can't complain, lol. I do regret not listening to my brother when...
Great results @jb_depew that's a big improvement! I like those tetrobols, one was among the first few Greek silvers I bought. Often patina...
Thanks for the comments everyone, all I need are some fresh batteries for the new camera and your eyes will no longer be tormented by my cruddy...
Cool coin, I really like the majestic lion on the reverse!
Several weeks ago I had won 2 Roman silvers for less than 60 shipped, both unidentified but easy enough to ID. The Hadrian denarius was a gamble,...
When I get hungry for more coins to clean, I'll either find lots that look promising from European detectorists who aren't specialized dealers...
Thank you so very much Ken, it's a bit more difficult to get a solid evaluation of antiquities versus coins, and your experienced opinion...
Looks pretty sweet, but my gaming is constrained to an occasional Civilization V world or some ancient late 1990s Command & Conquer emulations....
Since I lack any relevant coins to show, here are 2 so-called "Han Dynasty" bronze crossbow trigger mechanisms (smaller one claimed to be a...
Interesting read, thanks for the history lesson. Haha what a bro :D
Looks like a much higher grade piece, congrats! But don't go bending or dropping it, the crack above Livia's arm is no issue visually but doesn't...
OK, thank you! So for clarification, the horizontal line is a standard element used across Roman coinage to denote that the characters below are...
Man, what a beautiful coin! The (mostly) stand-alone Minerva is much more attractive to my eye than the typical varieties with full legend around...
I'm not sure if it would be appropriate for your purposes, but you could get a silicone mold-making kit, suspend the coin in the silicone mixture...
The good news is that there are plenty of authentic worn Vespasian bronzes that are quite affordable if you just want an authentic piece that was...
Yeah, looks like marks from an electric grinding wheel, which makes sense considering they were probably making hundreds or thousands at a time...
Unfortunately I believe the gift shop was lying to you about the coins. They look like modern cast pieces with filed/smoothed edges to remove the...
Hah, what a diplomatic categorization, I like it! :D I was ignorant of the existence of this forum, the FORVM fake reports, and many other...
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