Mine is based on a coin from my collection. A collection as some will know has elements of an unhealthy obsession with the Eastern denarii of...
I see a lot of familiar faces from other places. I used to be quite active here but stopped visiting around a year ago when the ancient...
Even without the reverses I will bet that the second batch in the opening post all look like this one:- [ATTACH] The first batch in the opening...
It really depends on the degree of partial silvering as to how attractive a coin can be. About 80-90% silvered:- [ATTACH] Partially silvered with...
Partial silvering can put people off. They sometimes prefer a brown looking bronze patina that has lost all silvering to a partially silvered...
Sorry Doug I was ambiguos and referring to RIC 911. This type only occurs with a single bust variant and so the number of variations for RIC 911...
A very nice example. Pink dates these to Emission 3, A.D. 280. I did consider trying to a full set of the 911 types at one point but there are a...
I saw one of identical style being sold on ebay by a well known fake seller back in 2007. A modern fake.
Perhaps not what was originally being sought for but here is another ancient nude. Naked bull wrestling was a rite of passage in some Greek...
Another ancient one.... "Venus, nude with drapery falling below hips, standing with back turned, head right, resting left arm on low column,...
As far as I can make out it is the reverse legend break. 153 breaks TEMP RE-PARATIO and 187A breaks TEMP - REPARATIO. Regards, Martin
Any other possibilities?
I think this one comes down to whether the horseman is reaching or clutching. Martin
Kurt, I am really shocked by that. The only consolation is that nobody was harmed in any way. Martin
I made a small collection of Constantine at one point and Kurt's two coins above are both ex-my collection as a matter of co-incidence. I parted...
I must admit to liking to handle my ancients and have busted out every slabbed one I have had over the years. It has always given me a smal sense...
I am glad that people like them. I think that these Stephanophori are beautiful coins. They are very broad lumps of silver and are generally of...
I have added another Kyme Tet. to my collection. This one from magistrate MHTPOΦANHΣ. [ATTACH] Regards, Martin
Looking at the obverse I believe that the head is bare rather than laureate so that narrows things down a bit. Looking at the reverse we can see...
There is a similar one in the Forum Fake reports but it is a lost/stolen coin report where people are allowed to identify coins that are missing....
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