Thank you. This coin came by way of Charles Wyatt, who was a world coin dealer in the 1980's to early 90's or so. He was partners with Rick...
Here's my Elizabeth I crown, Tower Mint, struck 1601-1602 (late Renaissance). [ATTACH]
How I crack open a slab depends on the mood I'm, at least in good measure. Full frontal assault on the edges when I'm not in a good mood, more...
Hello I've been spending 100% of my time on the ancients side of Cointalk, but I also have quite a few world coins that I would be happy to...
These are really cool coins. I have a couple, and I will try to dig one out for photographing.
The gods were smiling upon you.
Probably to be posted by an unethical seller or sellers on eBay.....
A few years ago a package from Spain was late in arrival. When it did arrive it was totally soaked to the point where the cardboard was turning...
I see that Gaziantep is in Western Turkey. This is a very interesting article. Coins from the hoard appeared in four different groups, at...
Thank you. I will go to academia.edu and read the article. As I recall the imitative coin came from Harlan Berk over two decades ago. It...
I did a re-shoot of the Caracalla BI tetradrachm from Tyre. This is the coin that seems to have him wearing a Heracles hairdo. The flan is small...
These four tetradrachms pretty much are all of the new style types that I have. I might come across another one or two as I slowly organize...
I guess this coin qualifies as a placeholder, although I don't particularly concentrate on Roman coinage to any great extent. It is a sestertius...
After The Mirror and the Light: [IMG]
Another observation that I think puts my coin in the Valerian camp. The edge of the shield on the reverse of the Valerian sestertius is comprised...
Thank you for the suggestions. I'd say that the coin I have is closer to Valerian, at least in the style of the flan, with its "clipped"...
Here's a Faustina Junior sestertius, recently arrived as part of a $49 three coin lot. This sestertius has the Juno reverse. This coin has a...
Last night a shipment of three sestertii arrive from France. There are two of Faustina Junior and a third that needs identification. It is a...
The sand or soil patina looks good to me. Natural sand patina is very hard and impervious to acetone. Artificial sand patina applied with some...
Thank you. A coin in this state is best left alone. Any attempt to strip away the heavy toning would be sheer folly. I've seen salvaged coins...
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