I know of no original. I think it's a fantasy.
I think the OP is the prettiest Imperial coin that I've ever seen from the Carthage mint. Congratulations on a beautiful new acquisition, Victor.
I can't offer any help, but I'm happy for you. That's an impressive provenience record, and it was good of the dealer to send it to you.
Sorry to hear about the week, but glad your family is Covid-free. Love that Heraklea diobol!
DDAXMP? Maybe I'm misreading the legend, but it looks modern to me. Look at the perspective of the arm. I don't know of any archaic coins with...
I remember putting a bunch of silver Mercury dimes in a Whitman coin folder as a kid and then pulling it out years later and seeing rainbow toning...
Lamination flaws are common and, while not proof that a coin is genuine, they do not indicate that the coin is a fouree or counterfeit.
What is hotlinking? I've never heard that term.
Actually, the bad "legates" link is still on the Moushmov introductory page on the Wildwinds site. I've emailed Dane and let her know this.
Coin #2: The light metal peeking through is likely orichalcum (brass), so that doesn't bother me. The patina is probably fake, though. The crack...
With a left-facing bust?
I believe JayAg47 said in his OP that the coin was fake. His question is what to do with it. Some collectors keep a "black cabinet" of fake coins...
As an inveterate coin cleaner, I'd be very careful with that one. From the photo--that's all I have to go by--it looks like the coin has a...
That would make sense. Yet, as you noted, there is a small group of coins with TS_VII mint marks that, according to RIC, were minted in 320. Do...
I have a votive of Constantine I from Thessalonica: [ATTACH] AE19 Thessalonica mint, A.D. 324 Obv: CONSTAN-TINVS Rev: D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG -...
Sunrise!
Getting a bit off topic, but I don't have one, either. I love computers, and I love the internet, but I don't want to be connected to it 24/7; I...
The seller sets this. This prevents people from contacting the buyers and letting them know that the coin they bought was fake.
I tend to have seller's remorse more often than buyer's remorse.
[IMG] AR Denarius Rome mint, A.D. 153-154 Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS TR P XVII Rev: COS IIII - Annonia, standing, facing left, holding corn ears in...
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