I think that this attitude does more harm than good for the archaeological community as well. Not all archaeologists think this way, but those who...
I wonder - is this sort of hand gesture primarily a Roman symbol, or did it also show up in Greek iconography? Some of the hand gestures which...
@Pavlos, good points, but hard to do. Although I keep provenances for every coin that I buy, previous owners have not always done so, and they are...
"Ten ancient coins looted from Greece are to find their way back home..." where they will be sealed away in the basement of the National...
Not sure on the ID, but that light green stuff looks like it could be bronze disease. See if it’s powdery. If it is, a week or so in distilled...
For the record @Andrew McCabe, I wasn’t suggesting anyone get an illegitimate copy. Cambridge has licensed a digital version to academic databases...
FYI, both volumes of Crawford have been digitized and are available through many university computer systems. Some may even be accessible to...
Since it was so worn I hadn't thought of that, but just by counting the number of letters in the legend I can see that you are right, @dougsmit. I...
I haven't been very active in CoinTalk lately due to finals work and other projects taking up a lot of my time, but I've been browsing now and...
If any of them belonged to Doyle and they still have his tags, you should be able to compare his handwriting to them. [IMG]
If they're going to issue coins, they should strike them! ;)
Leave it as is. Removing it will take away its characters like others have said, but I also think it might end up looking rough.
If you're looking to get nice coins, you're better off buying nice coins to begin with. But if you just want the fun of cleaning them, go for it....
Some of these result from deposits, others from having low silver contents. Very common on Severan denarii, for instance. On the other hand, this...
Some additional research has turned up what might be two other examples of the crude style with a letter or symbol in the lower right area of the...
It's really a case by case thing. I have some problem coins that I definitely regret buying, and wish I'd held out and spent a bit more on a nicer...
[ATTACH] Curious to see what folks here think of this. It's a Carthaginian 1/4 Calco, attributed to Carthago Nova. These only show up in Spain,...
The only holed coin that I have is this Republican denarius of C. M. Thermus. If you look closely at the area around the hole on the obverse,...
I am interested in acquiring one or more Indo-Greek coins, probably (but not necessarily) Bactrian. I am particularly interested in those with...
Yes, it’s an actual votive offering. I posted about it a couple days ago, and since someone was asking for offerings, it seemed appropriate. I...
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