Just got this from my local dealer - $2 in his junk bin. It appears to be Egyptian, but I cannot figure it out. It is very thin for a Ptolemaic...
That is a lovely example. Nice strike, patina, etc.
Thank you for that reassurance Broucheion. I am very, very new to this kind of material (this is my first one, actually) - so I need all the help...
Thanks for sharing this, Marsman. Now everybody can see what a nice VIC DAC sestertius looks like! It is beautiful.
Thank you all for such a warm response to my non-coin post. And wow, what a lot of stamps featuring ancient coins. I had no idea. The albums I...
That is very interesting, Sulla80. It is hard for me to say whether it is Byzantine or an imitation - it has the same date arrangement as my OP...
Hope that title doesn't count as "click bait." Apologies in advance! :oops: My local library discards stuff all the time, including patron...
Great write-up Sulla88. I had no idea about the Spartacus connection to this guy. Thanks for passing that along. I have an example of the OP -...
Gosh Ken, pretty much everything in that grouping had me "wowing." I even like the Annona AE with a bite out of it - very nice artwork on that...
Nice haul from Bing! Just wondering why the Papius is fake? It looks good to me, but I am easily fooled.
Domitian with issues, but at $5.50 it seemed reasonable. [ATTACH] Domitian Æ As (85 A.D.) Rome Mint IMP CAES DOMITIAN AVG GERM COS XI,...
I got this by accident in an eBay lot and had a hard time attributing it. I thought it was Constans II or something from Heraclius. Apparently...
Maybe someday I'll get an actual Galba's head coin. Meanwhile, all I have is Nero's head with a Galba countermark (in Greek): [IMG] [IMG]...
Another nice one - I like to live vicariously through your beautiful gold acquisitions. Thanks for sharing!
Jamesicus, I am pretty sure what you have there is the P.P. countermark found on these moneyer As issues. They are usually found with the AVG and...
Nice countermarks. That OP has about the best Dolphin I've seen - most of them seem to be poorly-struck or worn. At least mine are. These...
Really enjoy the Top 20, jamesicus. I admire your self-discipline! I have about 600 "Top 20" whatnots, some of them on the floor, under desks,...
Interesting, if alarming thread. I've been paying a lot of attention to ancient coins for only a couple years, so my opinions are unformed and...
Thanks, Roman Collector! The question is whether or not mine has a wheel -the reverse is so worn that may be impossible to answer. Ah the...
I am bringing up this thread because I just spent a couple of hours staring at Fortuna, her wheel, and Septimius Severus sestertius variants....
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