Please, it's just Victor...unless you are trying to curry favor. :D Joe called me and he is working on it. The problem was that the spammer that...
thanks...I got a bit lucky and don't recommend people try to clean rare coins, unless you are willing to ruin them. and another coin I got today...
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I used the FORVM messaging. I just tried again and got this [ATTACH] maybe I used the wrong password, so I tried to do a password reset and got...
I just got some more coins in today...nothing top tennish (though the DAFNE may have been a contender)...but not too bad. Here are three...
I've sent two messages to FORVM and have heard nothing, but I am still blocked.
I got the notice for this also and will be ordering it.
I have been a member here as long as I have been at FORVM. My biggest issue with FAC is that it is a commercial site. There is also heavy...
The flan is small because pieces were removed. It is not overstruck, these modified coins are actually fairly common. Many were used as weights,...
I still get "user is blocked" which I would not care so much about, except I spent a bit of time uploading about 200 photos to FORVM's gallery;...
here's a nice coin I just catalogued-- Severina, wife of Aurelian [ATTACH] Severina A.D. 274- 275 21x23mm 3.8g SEVERINA AVG; diademed and...
you find a lot of these LRB's that have been altered for use for other purposes, often as weights....
8 is a cracker...probably 3 for me. Nice thing is that the year is not over yet, more treasure on the horizon.
It's two V's, which at some point become a W. Depending on the Spanish country you are in W has different translations. I like the term "doble ve"...
my example [ATTACH] Witigis (536- 539) Æ 10 Nummi (4.63g 15mm) Ravenna INVICTA ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma right DN-VVIT-ICES-REX within...
I am also no longer a member, though my gallery is still up. I emailed them, but no response.
Thanks to everyone for the kind comments, but I have to add the coin I was most excited to win this year, even though it did not make the top ten....
I don't remember ever seeing any data and checked Cope, but nothing. Bastien in his NC article, talks about PRD and tries to see if this issue...
It's in English in Numismatic Chronicle 13 (1973)
There is also a neat touch on the turrets, a circular design, perhaps windows.
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