Got this in the mail last night, and having recently upgraded my photography capabilities (though not my skills), I thought I'd share it. It...
[ATTACH] This is my first time ever handling a slabbed coin, let alone owning one... but I found this ANACS slabbed Augustus being offered with...
For a while now, I’ve been hoping to acquire a coin with an interesting provenance, but for the most part, those that came with one were either...
I ordered this beauty a couple days ago, and just received it today. Although my collection of Alexandrians is modest so far, I have fallen in...
I had the pleasure of visiting the Michael C. Carlos Museum on the campus of Emory University in Atlanta recently, and snapped some photos of the...
This one is in pretty bad shape, but came to me in a lot. I can probably get a better photo later if it's worthwhile. The reverse is interesting,...
I got this in the mail a couple days ago, and I've been puzzling over what is going on with the obverse. I realize it's certainly a low grade...
I had the opportunity to look through some unsorted coins my archaeology professor has (we are planning to catalogue some of them in the future)...
I wanted to get some opinions on this. I know the coin isn't 'attractive' at first glance, but I bought it because it was a chance to get a Roman...
Well, almost a slug. Another leftover from my uncleaned lot, this one had a patina that obscured the details. So I figured it was better to have...
Got this as of Colonia Patricia in the mail the other day, and it looks okay by all other accounts; it's the right weight, right style, and the...
[ATTACH] Augustus AE As Obverse: CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate bust right Reverse: Altar of the Three Gauls, Victory on each pedestal, ROM ET AVG...
And it's not a coin... A while back I posted my collection of Romano-British fibulae. Well, much to my horror, while inspecting them this morning...
I picked this up on a whim for a little less than $20 from someone in Spain, because I thought the reverse was interesting. It’s my first fouree,...
A little while ago I posted this coin in the cleaning advice thread. It was incredibly corroded when given to me by an archaeologist friend,...
[ATTACH] Hadrian AE Drachm Obverse: AYT KAI TPAI ADRIA CEB, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: Nilus seated left on rocks, holding...
A while back I was given a handful of uncleaned coins by a professor. For the most part they were barely identifiable slugs, although I was able...
I got this denarius in the mail today, and really wanted to share it. Although it's very worn and probably a familiar type, something about it is...
[ATTACH] Mn. Fonteius Obverse: MN FONTEI C•F, laureate head of Apollo (?) right Reverse: Cupid (?) on goat right; above, piles; in exurgue,...
This is a coin I purchased a few days, identified as Crawford 44/5, which I don't have in hand yet. Upon further research I'm not sure if it was...
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