Carthago like things that go boom!! :jimlad:
It would seem to me that compared to the billions that are spent on monuments and structures that will be left to rot after the Olympics is over,...
Alegandron - The star variety is very cool. I don't have any victoriati yet. The whole series confuses me like the early anonymous...
ELIS, Olympia. 134th-143rd Olympiad. Circa 244-208 BC. AR Drachm (4.94 g, 7h). Eagle, with wings displayed above, flying right, holding hare by...
The signature flan cuts should make this coin easier than usual to find...
A very accomplished ancient coin expert, author, who also provides an authentication service which is more reputable than NGC - Numismatic...
So are those sharp 90 degree edges normal for that type you started the thread with? I'm not familiar with the type but the coins I attempted to...
A neat coin, Spork. Congrats! I find the ROMA outside of the border interesting. Are those splits in the flan test cuts or flan defects?
The British Museum is doing a new exhibition in October called "Defacing the past: damnation and desecration in Imperial Rome". FYI FWIW.
Exactly. And file marks may be ancient. They might have been done to mount it, steal some of the precious metal by a crook (especially with...
Woah! That's interesting. Do you think that blue patina is real? I have no idea, but it sure is pretty.
Greek are IMO the most beautiful, but Roman the most interesting and historically important. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
LOL! Don't worry TIF, it's nothing more than a prior fling and will no way impact our relationship today. I've put it behind me and only keep a...
I once owned a coin that this reminds me of the OP coin with similar "issues". I returned it to the dealer who apologized for putting it in their...
My expertise is Roman Republican silver, and more specifically, Imperatorial issues in which I would consider myself much better than average slob...
Congratulations on the new coin Andres. I've always had an attraction to these and think they are elegant coins. Here's mine. [ATTACH]
Did somebody say toned Roman Republicans? I speak that. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Victor England at CNG told me they named the collection that for the rare Volteia that was part of it. M. Volteius M.f. 75 BC. AR Denarius...
That totally sucks, Carausius! :mad:
Great story and neat coin Q! Thanks for sharing it.
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