My thought: Lots of ancient coins come with gunk on them. This one is not unusual in that regard. Some members with steady hands (not me) might...
The north Black Sea region has dynasties not well-known in the West. Of course, it was behind the Iron Curtain until relatively recently, so...
I love the Butcher book. When I read above that it had a a poor review (astonishing, and in my view, completely false) I wrote my own review and...
So did I. I agree.
Doug showed one like it. Here is another: [ATTACH] IMP PROBVS AVG SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving quadriga left R*B in exergue Rome mint, RIC Rome 202H.
That is a super book with lots of information as well as ID numbers. It is quite large with 534 pages and 32 page plates. It covers all the cities...
Some coin types are less collectable than they used to be. (e.g. 1909 S-VDB cents, which everyone used to want and now every dealer has.) The...
Paduans are far more collectable than 19th or 20th century fakes. I think you will come to see it as a mistake if you keep it at any price.
I thank that would be an extremely low price for a genuine coin of that quality. My cursory search suggested to me that $3000 might begin bidding...
I didn't vote because the options are not right. The question should be if it is "genuine" or "fake", not "smoothed and tooled, but genuine" or...
The book "Los Sestercois del Imperio Romano" illustrates five examples of this type. To my eye, they all look much different that the OP example....
True. My opinion of the volume of extant ancient coinage and its typical condition changed dramatically when I spent a few months in England with...
They look good enough to all be keepers. Nice pickup!
First of all, I want to remind the reader that there are exceptions to generalizations, and this post is full of generalizations. (And, it is...
I added numerous ancient imitations from my collection to my sale page of imitations (genuine ancient coins that were counterfeits in their day):...
Terence, those examples are gorgeous! Not only is the original artwork excellent, the dies were fresh and the preservation is superb. You have a...
The OP type could start a thread on "largest head for the flan size". [ATTACH] 19 mm. The head is so large it leaves no room for any legend and...
Mithradates II of Parthia (123-88 BC) : [ATTACH] 22-21 mm. 4.20 grams. Sellwood 26.2. Shore 78. Mint of Ecbatana
I started a thread (perhaps unwelcome) by the title "Prices can go down" https://www.cointalk.com/threads/prices-can-go-down.297348/
One possible thread here would be to post a coin you bought this year for 1/2 what it sold for five years ago. Prices and venues were being...
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