Check Forum, there are 20 from the same dies, same centering etc.... It's a well known cast, I've seen 3 in hand in the last month. Barry Murphy
Unfortunately, yes I'm sure it's modern. You can tell John I said so. Barry Murphy
Mikey, FYI the Nero you posted is a modern forgery. Barry Murphy
NGC will not assign seven hills hoard or any of the others referenced to coins that were not submitted with the original hoard. I agree from an...
A hoard has to be a real hoard, just like a pedigree has to be a real pedigree. Value is irrelevant, number of coins is irrelevant. A hoard can be...
Unfortunately sallent you are 100% wrong. Long before the seven hills hoard, colliseum hoard, and Byzantium hoard were slabbed, these hoards were...
As many of you know I started at NGC in July. I do not recall this coin coming across my desk so I am assuming it came through before I was there....
Bing, You don't understand the 4/5 rating. That is a surface rating and has nothing to do with the style. The coin had been rated "fine style."...
I haven't updated my page on these coins since 2004. I have long since forgot the password so I can't update it. I have about 45 different...
As stated above, this is a coin or Aurelian, not Maximianus. Barry Murphy
Just based on the photo, I would be surprised if @zumbly coin is fake. Looks perfectly normal to me. That is not a casting seam. Barry Murphy
The coin listed above is from Thessalonica. Both Amphipolis and Thessalonica struck this type with the two goats, the CNG attribution must have...
Nice coins Volodya. Did you have the Cornificius when I saw your collection or is that new? Barry Murphy
@Sallent, your toned Septimius is a cast. Barry Murphy
Actually my business was working out just fine. I could have continued to support me and my family with all 3 kids in college without any problem....
I apologize. I just looked at your photo again and now think I can read CAES at the end of the legend. I thought I read AVG when I looked at it...
Threads that devolve into name calling never go anywhere positive, so it's better to stay out of the fray. Barry Murphy
I actually wrote a fairly lengthy reply to this thread, explaining why I decided to go to work for NGC, but as some on here who don't know me have...
Sallent, Yours looks like a 40 year old man because your coin is Philip I, not Philip II. Barry Murphy
The so called blobs of extra metal that appear white in the photo are not blobs of metal, they are waxy deposits that can easily be picked off...
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