This strikes me as a curious comment, and I'll admit that I'm not sure I understand the sentiment. For me, the beauty of a work of art -- whether...
Absolutely agree with your observations here -- plus the almost-horizontal line delineating the hair behind the ears also appears to be a...
It's very much to the credit of this coin that it has NOT been tooled in order to bring out the detail in the individual leaves of the laurel...
Interestingly, I had the exact same reaction when I saw the Tiberius denarius -- my reflexive reaction was that it appeared to be counterfeit....
Have you considered assembling and posting a "group photo" of your 11 coins so far?
It's not possible to assemble a 12 Caesars set of bronzes. Neither Julius Caesar nor Otho minted portrait imperial bronzes during their reigns....
This is a very nice coin and quite a find from Forum Ancient Coins -- it's unusual for them to have a coin of this quality in their inventory....
This may be one area in which NGC grading can be valuable to non-expert collectors. I'm appalled at the bizarrely incorrect descriptions that many...
In addition to being fluent in seven languages, Cleopatra was apparently extremely good with calculations and mathematics in general. Being...
My favorite Roma coin: [ATTACH] NERO 54 - 68 A.D. AV Aureus (7.33 g.) Rome 64 - 65 A.D. RIC 54 Obv. NERO CAESAR - AVGVSTVS Laureate head r....
You raise some valid points. I have to agree that it would be unreasonable to ask a grading service to financially guarantee a coin's...
So, here's what puzzles me: what does it mean that a grading service has "authenticated" an ancient coin if that service is not willing to issue...
This is just one of a number of issues I find troublesome when grading services apply modern grading standards and techniques to ancient coins....
My observations about the two coins: (1) The provincial coin has been noticeably tooled in order to bring out the obverse legend and delineate...
Well written. This pretty much succinctly sums up why I would never knowingly buy a tooled coin. There would always be that little voice in the...
Nobody can know the future, but it's my belief (as well as my hope) that numismatists will always value untouched and untooled coins more highly...
I'm just stunned by the willingness of some collectors to accept obviously tooled coins and pay premium prices for them based on their rarity. I...
I took the opportunity to view a number of the gold coins available in this collection, with the thought of possibly extending my current 12...
This Titus Colosseum sestertius is being offered in an upcoming auction. The estimate is $80,000 and the opening bid is $40,000: [ATTACH]...
Rather than re-posting my Titus denarius and aureus, which have been shown here multiple times, I waited until I received the latest addition to...
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