I thought that it was the smaller module. RIC 199 is larger, so yours is RIC VIII Siscia 238.
You could email and ask them to be completely clear.
from the page I linked to about grading ancients it says NGC Ancients will not grade coins that...are altered Altered Coins Coins with...
Romancollector was asking about NGC though. https://www.ngccoin.com/submit/coins-we-grade/not-encapsulated/...
Yes, you have it correct. RIC II Rome 361, minted A.D. 114- 117.
Your workshop is A...H is not an option. During the production of this coin, there were five workshops open-- A,B, gamma, delta epsilon. You can...
Why would you not trust the dealer who has the benefit of having the coin in hand? I have never heard a disparaging word about them either.
The flan shapes are the same and as Martin said in the other thread, "either one or both are casts" though there is always a chance it is the host...
Frank, a small correction (copy and paste error?)...your workshop is B.
it is a replica and worth little if nothing...notice it says "fine brass" on the reverse.
the coin on the right is from Cyzicus.
my current favorite is fully silvered with a glossy green patina [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 318-19 19mm 3.0g IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG;...
I have a webpage using material from ACE on the edict (not complete), including exchange rate near the bottom....
I would, because the two captives series used ANA as a mintmark.
I used to have an example with VSV as the mintmark. [ATTACH] Some theories about this-- 1) Treat it like XXI (the radiate aurelianus...
it seems the last two letters in the mintmark are KA, so SMKA for Cyzicus.
it looks like it Yes, sometimes dies were reworked.
good riddance to him. he slabbed coins in his basement under the name National Numismatic Certification...trying to con people into believing that...
a couple of questions raised here (which was first Imperial or provincial and camel humps) are talked about in Numismatic Chronicle 2015 The...
here's your first coin with a CNG description [ATTACH] SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. Æ (26mm, 11.43 g, 12h)....
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