Ah, I see now. Yes the surfaces look quite original on both pieces. Both coins are quite historical and of course of good silver. I use Corel...
I bid on a Marcus Aurelius sestersius at NYICS 2 years ago but sadly it went for more than I planned on spending. He's an important emperor of...
Very nice pair of silver dollars. I think the Brazilian standard at the time was .9166 fine, not .900 I think the pix of the obv & revs are...
I spent a lot of time futility trying to buy pretty gold coins out of H/GC sales in 63 & 64 slabs. The few times I found one an evil reslabber...
It looks like 1661 to me. How do you know it's 1616? What does the 6h mean?
Very nice early dated piece. Plus it uses the early/ medieval version of "4" which was discontinued {I think} around then.
1890
I'll go for five on the quarter. I.e. ms-65 on the quarter eagle. Yeah, I did see the few marks rev.
Stunning 16 litrae! How do you do the photographs? I use Corel Photopaint but am not aware of that kind of effect.
Okay thanks @hotwheelsearl . I was unfamiliar with Julian of Pannonia until now. Another usurper I should get from a tough time period (mid 3rd...
Really realy nice for a 62. Definitely a pretty coin.
I just looked at the section on Roman siliqua as quite recently I just bought my 3rd example of this denomination (see above). All 3 are in nice...
You might even say the coin was "Brutalized".
I have to dig up my book on The Unreal Reales: Counterfeit 8 Reales to look at more pix. At least I wasn't able to see anything in your 1810...
I used to have one but I think I turned it in to the bank as I heard they were proscribed and illegal to own. As you know he was condemned by the...
And a solidus is nothing to sneeze at either. Was it the Millennia specimen? -- said to be among the finest known. photos?
They're nuts that's way better than a VG. You'd have no problems presenting that as Fine. They're only being picky because it's not a rare coin.
It going to be tough to collect large, rare Ancient coins and stay in the $300 or less range. What about the family of Constantine? You could...
Looked briefly at the blog but was unable to find exactly which areas you're referring to. His blog covers many areas.
Don't wait forever! Get a nice, pretty, but cheap Gordian III. Then after you recover, you'll want a heavy weight 1st century AD one....
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