The style kind of looks like my first mail order coin, a similar Carausius from Allen Berman.
Yay! How did you do it? I have a few tombs, but I'm not good at hands on stuff, and I'm afraid of damaging the coins.
Some of the vcoins dealers offer small lots of cleaned coins. examples:...
Wow, great find and great job! I'll echo the sentiments about the patina. I sure wish my uncleaneds turned out like that.
Ick, I fell victim to the dreaded DHL phone number. I had ordered some coins via DHL Express (always did mail fromthat vendor before) last week,...
Nice!
I was thankful to finally have something which qualified. :wideyed:
[ATTACH] GP97579. Bronze tetrobol, Lorber CPE B275, Svoronos 505 (8 spec.), Weiser 28, SNG Milan 552, BMC Ptolemies -, SNG Cop -, Hosking -,...
It's certainly an interesting and pleasant Lucius Verus. Savoca's from Spain, aren't they? I guess they aren't hampered by the export permit...
I'll also add something; For me, the history came first before the coins. I already knew who most of the emperors were before the coins started...
David Van Meter's book is a great beginner's guide, and lists a lot of coins from Augustus to 476, and I think is still only $35. I think Forum...
Can someone bail me out and post an EF Roman coin, preferably raw? My example was a little iffy, and my photography's not going to improve...
True, DonnaML. Anyway, the slabs were a very thoughtful present from my dad. The local coin shop has a small array of ancients, sometimes NGC...
Didn't ancient historians claim that it silphium was wiped out on purpose, to avoid extra taxes? When I was choosing my Solidus of APsimar the...
Excuse the lousy photo, please. I'll upgrade it in the future if the proper stand/extra lighting helps. I think Matt Kreuzer got the grade right...
On the old school scale, aVF, but ditto Roman collector's sentiments, a lovely and desirable denarius. Very nice! Heck, that's the grade that...
Yes, I thought the same thing about the reverse of the Philip after I posted it. The HJB tag said "mint state." However, I couldn't come up with...
Things can look gloomy in the moment, but give it a few days. I'm sure they'll probably do the right thing.
I hope everything gets settled.
The dealer's grade doesn't mean all that much to me; it's just one of those slightly annoyings things, like Andy Rooney used to point out, "Did...
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