Nice upgrade, fantastic portrait. Here is the first of the 6, Thrax, who served from 235 [ATTACH]
We are what are called soul mates. We will be together always. Thanks for your thought
Thanks @tibor even after many years she still manages to surprise me.
Well, at 10.30 this morning, FedEx arrived at our shop and delivered a package from Savoca. I was not expecting anything and was about to e-mail...
Yes there are die marks above the denticles, below the date. One of the easiest VAM´s to confirm. Difficult to photo properly as it is in the OGP...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] VAM 5 Bar 8
Thank you for your kind words @tibor and to @lordmarcovan for another chance to win the Septimius Severus, Good luck everyone
Congrats on your prize @mrbadexample, and thankyou @lordmarcovan for another excellent giveaway
As I only order, or take part in, auctions from within the EU, my options on obtaining coins on my wishlist are sometimes limited. Last week a...
Arrived today Hadrian Denarius. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate, and bearded right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing left sacrificing from patera...
Instead of videos with moving images and voice over making you lose concentration, look at printed images instead....
Gold sovereign. Saint George slaying a dragon [ATTACH]
@Robert Theroux the mintmark was handpunched into the die in those days. There was quite a bit of leeway to where it was put. The next die used...
Julia Mamaea. Augusta AD 225-235. Rome Denarius AR 20 mm, 3,43 g Julia Mamaea Denarius. IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust right / VESTA,...
Sorry folks, turned out the auction description was totally wrong. I have edited the thread
Only my second Medieval era coin. Obverse Cross pattée. Lettering: ✠ ⚜ PhS • P • TAR • DESP ⚜ Unabridged legend: Philippus, princeps Tarenti,...
You may be correct, but when I click the jpg image file (in blue) and look at the image in major enlargement it looks to me like a die chip on the...
I think, unfortunately, you have a large date. The upper bend of the 9 has to angle sharply toward the 7. Yours looks to bend toward the mintmark...
The Philippines coin of 1944 was either struck in Denver of San Francisco, the mintmark will either be a D or S....
Coins can be struck in medal (horizontal) or coin (vertical) orientation, depending on the country that issues the coin.
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