The phrase "most scholars agree ..." in academia is often short for "I think that is right, but I can't be bothered to look it up .." V.N....
[ATTACH] I have the above piece from the third officina of Antioch. The coins is far from perfect, but I am particularly font of this piece.
I got interested in Nabataean coins when I visted Jordan a couple of years ago. At the famous sites like Petra locals sell Nabataean coins in...
Here is an example from my collection. The mint of Antioch produced the nicest busts of Julian II in my view. This coin has a almost medallic...
There are currently two Taman imitations for sale: CNG https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=3831&lot=573 Heritage...
Yesterday, the US published retail sales figures for March. The numbers were what may be called catastrophic and by far the biggest drop was...
Probably CAE(S), AVG, IMP (in ligature) perhaps TIB. These are at least some of the most commonly used countermarks.
The coin looks great. For me personally, clipping is the least of all problems as long as the design is not disturbed. In fact, I think in the...
I have this solidus below in my collection. The coin shows the mintmark COMOB, the monogram RM for Rome and the monogram of Theoderic in Latin...
You can have look into the book at the Amazon page below and decide if the language is not too difficult. As I said, the book is well written and...
There is a rather new book called "Theodrich der Grosse: König der Goten, Herrscher der Römer" 2018, by Hans-Ulrich Wiemer. In my view, this...
Ticinum (Pavia) is of course also an option. Sometimes the coins with CONOR are attributed to Ticinum as well, like this one below...
Your observation regarding the Lacam coin (CONOR) and the Elsen coin (CONOB) is very interesting and it may solve the longstanding riddle...
A. Metlich is (or better was - as far as I know he has given up academic numismatics to pursue business activities) a well respected numismatic...
That is probably true. I have a gold imitation with an 8-legged horse, where a stylized biga is still visible. Of course, we will never know what...
I bought an interesting barbaric imitation of a Roman denarius. The coin was found in Chernovitskaya Oblast in Ukraine. Weight 3.46 gr, 18mm. A...
That is really good news. I've tried to achieve such a result for about 5 years now. There are still a number of fakes in the auction, but most...
EMPORIUM Hamburg also likes to attribute their fakes to very ephemeral rulers like the Gepidic king Turisint. To back up their claim they...
I contacted Emporium Hamburg with my concerns regarding the authenticity of their coins. They haven't responded. I take this as an admission of guilt.
Again, sell-off in the financial markets means that people are a lot poorer than they thought they were. This is not usually a reason to spend...
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