Sorry marc, I came across wrong back there. I wouldn't have even chimed in, but I once (the sucker that I was) bought a cast colonial coin that...
Don't worry, it is genuine.
Fine, I'll rephrase myself: It looks like a modern cast. Happy? :rolleyes:
As scottishmoney said, it is clearly cast.
Took me a minute because it wasn't in the online references. Valerian I AR - antoninianus Rome, 254 AD IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG Radiate,...
Certainly not Carus. You're description of the reverse is wrong as well. It actually shows the Emperor sacrificing, with the legend P M TR P II...
edited If you ask me, talking like that is at least as bad as what Richie did. There's no need to go around insulting the poor guy.
There are three types, one with a different sized head, one with longer hair, and yours, which is Type B, Spink 582 in my book. Struck at the Soho...
Always start at Wikipedia, its a good jump-off point. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaemenid_coinage
Do's and Don'ts in Coin Collecting I found this post on "Do's and Don'ts in Coin Collecting" interesting and have nominated it accordingly for...
Finds of hoards of Arabic dirhems in Scandanavia are fairly common. Thank you, Vikings.
Definately not that complicated a question. But still a very good one. I like that kind of outside of the box thinking.
Well phrased. :rolleyes:
DO join Cointalk DON'T ever stop looking at coins. DO realize there are more coins out there than silver eagles. :-D
Thats a seperate badge.
Try uploading the pictures directly to cointalk, that way we can open them to full size. As it is, they are miniscule (probably because of the way...
If you can ever GET any of them! I've been watching that list since February. I came close once, almost got an Alexander drachm for $20. I...
I could have gone into that bank 10 minutes later and bought that roll for face. Would I be morally-crooked? No. What the OP did MAY not have been...
I found another one, same series. So I figured I'd post it here as well. 2003 A Philadelphia, F 289, C 02931205*
We're actually the same person. Notice you never see both of us at the same time?
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