At around 9 or so I'll do a drawing for all who entered and then post the winner.
Hey Doug, I agree but not sure how or why any competent museum curator would ruin a coin with a modern stamp. It just seems counterintuitive....
That's what I thought except it obviously damages the coin so why would some curator do that? It's actually a tough coin but that stamp makes it...
Picked up this coin in a small lot a while back. An interesting type but who would even consider putting this very modern identification stamp on...
Here's a year 14 Decanummium from Carthage: [ATTACH]
Thanks @Valentinian, very interesting write-up. I guess the counter to the idea that the populace was cutting the coins is that the mint was...
I'm not so sure this is true. Here is as good a picture of the edge as I can get: [ATTACH] There are three small edge clips (one shown by the...
Typical varieties are fairly inexpensive as they are quite common. I've never seen this type before, and I've been doing this for a long time....
Thanks once again TIF! That's it. I could not find the link to that chart. There are certainly a whole lot of varieties but I had never seen this...
Just came across this Anonymous Follis that I put away probably 10 years ago and forgot all about. It's an interesting variety and I hope someone...
Coincidentally the last few days I've been working on a coin deal with a mutual acquaintance of yours who also lives in that area. He told me that...
There haven't been whole lot of posts lately with late Roman bronzes. I came across this interesting type a while back and thought I'd share it...
I am rarely awed by a coin ... but this one is it.
I dug out some older monogram pics that I've previously posted, hope they're ok. Monogram of Basiliscus: DN BASLC AVG (long name, tiny coin)...
I believe this coin type has been shown before but I saw this at the FUN show and just had to have it. What a great reverse. Hadrian, Baris...
I picked this Trajan Alexandrian Tetradrachm up at the FUN show today but I can't seem to find a reference for it. It's not in Emmett or any of...
@Bob L. and @Ajax : Thanks! That's it. I went through acsearch.info probably 10 times but I just entered the Greek lettering instead of English....
This coin should be easy but it has me stumped. The obverse shows a bust of Poseidon with an ornamented trident reverse, very similar to the type...
I haven't had much time to join the conversations lately but I'll throw in an "L" coin while I have a chance: Lilybaion Sicily circa 200-150 BC :...
I've been collecting Justinian bronzes for around 15 years and this is without doubt my favorite (and scarcest) one: Justinian Half Follis;...
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