Though if real, that is onevhelluva coin right there:woot: Didius J is a VERY infamous short lived ruler of Rome. He disgracefully bought the...
Welcome to CT! I never like to start on a down note but I have reservations about the coin being authentic... Do you know the seller well? I see...
Not remembering the story I looked it up on wiki and have pasted it below. Soooo, is the wine skin slung over his shoulder a reference to he...
Nice coin and nice assessment. One of my favorite scoundrels from this period. [ATTACH]
MonOminus1pthalymus:jimlad:, is your avatar real armor? Whatever I'm looking at looks old and rad!
I never get to compete when some of our CT friends have their "hockey puck" largest Ptolemaic coin offs...but for these I can break out the BIG...
Nailed it! My thoughts as well. That dull, soapy, mushy look is a tell tale sign that it's a modern fake.
...so yeah, between the amazingly unfortunate (due to generations of inbreeding) face and portrait, the cool style, as well as Frank Robinson...
To play Curtisimo's advocate: to fend off the on rushing eventual victor (or Victoria), and hindsight being 20/20, I should have played a better...
In their last auction I won 3 beauties...all at the low opening bid price! And even though I had bid considerably higher on a couple they were...
I just talked to Gordian III. And man, he isn't taking it well. He asked me to post this and rethink things over... [MEDIA]
Wow! That rose thunderbolt reverse is stunning:woot: My highly professional (unprofessional) grade of your coin is that it's a: Beauty. Coingrats!...
My Gorgon looks to be from the same mint as yours @randygeki! And both spook me out:wideyed: I just picked mine up in that last FRC auction and...
Some say the scariest things come from within...like this Nerva fouree with green oozing from his brain!(yeah, that's bd that I'm fighting on his...
Fantastic new edition of an extremely popular Roman general that ALMOST wore the purple...who's massively popular (and possibly deranged) son...
Indeed, that is some excellent relief on the obverse and wonderful tone! Great coin. Mine is a little bit smaller and was transacted much more....
No need for apologies. Coingrats! Really glad to find that it's gone to a fellow coin talker:D
It "seems" I stand corrected. Thanks for that correction. Lazy of my not to check my autocorrect;)
Nailed it my friend. You look for straight even seems around the edge. And yeah, some smoothed coins look "too good to be true" but obv vs rev...
In my amateur sleuthing experience (he says putting on his Sherlock cap), Ya gotta look out not to step in the b.s.s. (bubbles, seems or...
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