James, I do admire your restraint and the courtesy displayed in thinking of your loved ones and the future with such concern. But maybe a...
Thanks to shanxi pointing out the prow, now I am wondering if it is a Spanish imitation of a Roman semis? Or just an ugly semis (Spanish mint?)...
Thank you, shanxi! A lion from Stratonicaea with the tail of a dog. No wonder I was confused. I wish my Iberian Bolskan looked as nice as the...
I recently bought an undescribed lot of Greek AEs - 9 of them. I figured out 7 of them after a lot of random Google Image searches, ransacking...
Nice write-up, Ancient Aussie - nice coin too. The Sicilian Tourism Board should hire you as a photographer. Since you've provided me with an...
Interesting biographical information and some great looking Crispii (sp ?) posted here. I only have two and it has been a couple years since I...
Very interesting, RC - I was not aware of the silver fineness discrepancies between the various mints. Kind of along the same lines, a while...
Nice coins, everyone. Here's my only Commodus tet: [ATTACH] Egypt Potin Tetradrachm Commodus Year 30 (189/190 A.D.) Alexandria Mint...
Thanks Stuart. I got lucky with this one, I think. Welcome to Coin Talk!
Interesting thread. A while back I got a drachm of Mithradates II that I've suspected of being a fourree. As with the OP, no core is exposed and...
Thank you for sharing that, Rob. That certainly clarifies the Kushans for me. As for that paper, what thorough research combined with a...
I always enjoy your latest Faustina, RC. I'm afraid I don't have any left-facing busts to share. This is the newest Faustina of any sort I've...
This is a very interesting topic, which I am not really qualified to say much about. In my recent efforts to educate myself on countermarks, I...
Those are some very attractive coins - I do like a nice desert patina. And yeah, I wouldn't clean them (but to each his own). I recently got a...
I "accidentally" got this small, crusty silver coin that I think I figured out. Maybe. It seems to be a silver "bugne" issued by Metz by Robert...
Good question, but heck if I know. I am just starting out on these. The article I noted above (by Gul Rahim Khan and M. Nasim Khan) discusses...
Funny this thread should come up now - I just got a small lot in the mail today which included this busted Septimius Severus "limes" denarius that...
Many thanks, Andrew! I do appreciate it.
This was such a great thread I thought I'd keep it going. Just today got this Penny Dreadful that I think is an Uncia - but I am not sure. I...
Spectacular grouping. Yikes. I voted for the Vespasian Nemesis because of that incredible artwork. They are all wonderful, but that one is a...
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