FYI, that coin was graded in 2008. Not sure if it had the green spots 15 years ago or not. Barry Murphy
Just for comparison, Friday I sorted 6500 Tabaristan hemidrachms by emperor, and today I have 750 Urbs Roma/Constantinopolis to sort. It's not all...
Those are the reverses, technically. Coins are gone from my desk now to take a new photo. Sorry about that.
The best part of waking up, is 30 drachms in your hand. [ATTACH]
Stole the photo from face book just to share here. A fairly high grade example of a fake from these dies, without the counter stamp. Barry...
7 obverse dies and 28 reverse dies are known for the denarii. Barry
Ho hum day. Sorry for the slightly out of focus second photo. Enjoy. Barry [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Looks like N-6.
It's a well known fake that's been around 15-20 years. I've seen dozens of them. Barry Murphy
Just curious, what’s the 2 feather variety? barry Murphy
Did I read the report correctly? A Gordian III and Philip were also analyzed for comparative purposes and these are the coins that were used? Both...
[ATTACH] This one is pretty cool too. Didn’t even know it was a thing until I saw it today.
Most of you know I’m an ancients guy, and in general I find wheat cents fairly boring, but there are some pretty impressive coins for sale on...
Better photos of the NGC coin, not taken with my cell phone....[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Harlan never had a Labienus aureus as far as I know. Here are 3 of the others that are known. I don't have a photo of the BN coin. It's...
No die rust, just some graffiti in the fields. Horse is completely normal. Barry
Haven’t shared any coins in awhile. This one crossed my desk today. Not every day a Labienus aureus is available to study. The sixth known. Last...
CHERD, don’t not buy a coin because you don’t like the label. You can always send it back in for a small reholder fee and get the label you...
There is no list of Categories for ancients on NGC’s website and I don’t have one that I can publish. It’s a fluid list that changes regularly as...
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