Thanks all for the comments. It's reassuring to know that others share my opinion that the coins are genuine, even if altered. I will probably...
This Galba was in a lot that worked out to $0.85/coin, but was free after I sold the other coins I didn't want [ATTACH] This Otho AE from syria...
3 down, 9 and $96 to go :woot:
Sassanian fakes haven't gotten a lot of attention - I used to think that they were uncommon until I started seeing Ancientground peddling drachms...
Coin 2: Caracalla AE Sestertius M AVR ANTONINVS PIVS FELIX AVG, Laureate, draped bust right, seen from behind PROVIDENTIAE DEORVM S C, Providentia...
Picked up these two from two separate Roma lots (no mention of any fakery), both seemed "too good to be true" but I am trying to figure out at...
Collection idea: Collect all 12 Caesars for under $100
Happy birthday Augustus! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Fun thread! Favorite denarius: I feel like I have repeated this over and over and over, but the scrunched nose and furrowed brow - the closest to...
They had some interesting coins and results were mixed - some went cheap, some fetched good prices. I won two relatively inexpensive lots which I...
Philip's coinage is fun to collect. I wonder if the Secular Games were enough to actually distract the people of Rome from how bad the...
A few times the auction house may manage to photograph a coin in such a way that it looks better in photo than in hand - that's disappointing, but...
India "dump" paisa - probably 16th - 19th century, but unfortunately I can't give much better ID.
I've seen fake Gordian III's, but all of them were really bad fakes. I suspect the OP coin is genuine, but IMO, not worth more than about $15....
Congrats on the beautiful pick-ups! I chanced upon this one in a mixed bronze lot last year, heavily patinated but the same AR unit as the OP...
About a year ago I bought two lots from CNG, the first was described as a mixed lot of antonianii, containing Magnia Urbica, Carausius, "and...
Some more... These were all unattributed from a couple lots of RR denarii in Naumann lots, back when nobody bid seriously on group lots -...
Yeesh, probably 80% of my collection was pieced together from unattributed lots! For the most part, I suspect that the sellers probably knew what...
Forgot about that auction - checked my bids and most were about half of the hammer price, as I figured they would be. Quick scroll through the...
I've seen this discussed a few times, but I don't think we have had a thread on it quite yet. In the world of ancient coins, there is a general...
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