Wow, that's so cool @AncientJoe. I always wonder what will happen next with high-value auction wins: does the auction firm send it via insured...
Thank you, @Pavlos for the excellent information. I'll look into it, and add the info to the description of my coin.
Thank you @Pavlos, this is very interesting information. I'm not really knowledgeable about this period and would greatly appreciate if you could...
A short update. The second sceatta has been partly cleaned: [ATTACH] Still not completely happy with the results, though it's nice(r) in hand. I...
Together with @AnYangMan, I own this 10 Litra: [IMG] ... which I restored to this: [IMG] as detailed in this thread:...
A nice addition. Here is my sole coin from Rhodos. Though it's much smaller and lighter than yours, you can still see and appreciate the details...
Last week, a seller from whom I regularly buy coins emailed me about two sceatta's that were 'nothing special'. This of course triggered me, and...
I agree with @Orielensis: in my opinion it is a nice coin with a good provenance. Usually, members refrain from replying on these types of...
It is very easy to chemically patinate (ancient) silver coins. If you search on YouTube, you’ll find many examples. Some artificial patinas are...
@Julius Germanicus, very impressive and probably fun to do. I was wondering: do you plan to 'do' the Porta Nigra of Trier at some point? I've...
@dougsmit I'll be of little help. I've learned that the bust is more or less useless to pinpoint a definite ID. I tried deciphering the reverse...
A very nice coin, and relatable way of collecting. I have one coin that hooked me to ancients, and I hope I'll never have to sell it: [ATTACH]...
My kids were in close contact with a COVID19 positive patient recently, so we had to stay at home, quarantined. My wife, kids and myself became...
Very interesting @Nap. With help of @AnYangMan and personal communication with Tony Abramson, I had already figured out the correct...
Thank you @Denis Richard for this very detailed guide. I use axial photography but am constantly tweaking my setup: this post gave me some...
Thank you for replies and additional information! @John Conduitt: that's a really nice sceatta. I like it when they are a bit off-center so that...
Yesterday, together with @AnYangMan, I visited the largest coin fair in the Netherlands. I came home with these two lovely coins, both super...
Well done, I remember this coin. Glad to have another introduced to the wonders of sodium thiosulphate:)
I'm not really into this specific coinage, however, what makes you believe it's not authentic? It's heavily corroded, there are spots suggestive...
Woop woop, another sceatta collector! Welcome to the dark side :) How your sceatta might have looked like: [ATTACH] On the other hand, there is...
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