Congratulations on a great job. I think you've definitely enhanced the coins value. I may have to try this method. How do you determine the...
Thanks for your input, Victor. I can clearly see elements of the VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM (VA) coin now that you've pointed them out. I can also see...
Sounds like ancients is the way for you to go. All ancient coins were stamped by hand, and there are all kinds of fascinating errors to be found....
My "duplicates": [IMG] Constantine I ("the Great") Siscia mint, A.D. 319-320 RIC 95, variant Obv: IMP CONSTANT-INVS AVG Rev: VICT[dot] LAETAE...
My Tacitus: [IMG] Billon Antoninianus Ticinum mint Obv: IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG Rev: CONSERVATOR MILITVM - Emperor, standing on left, with helmet...
This is probably about as ugly as they get. It's a bronze AS of Vitellius that I got in a batch of uncleaned coins many years ago. I am very...
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I thought that I had several lifetime issues, at least according to Price. But now several of them are thought to have been struck between 330-320...
David Sear has a series of books about ancient coins. There's "Greek Coins and Their Values, vols. 1 and 2" and a 5 vol. set of "Roman Coins and...
I think you can just list Forum, Holding History and/or Noble Romans as a reference. I doubt that they will contact any of them. They just want to...
Welcome finny. I started off collecting by buying, cleaning and IDing uncleaned coins, but you seem more advanced and knowledgeable about ancients...
Notice, though, that your coin has less wear/more detail than the CNG coin, so I would expect your coin to sell for more than CNG's. That is,...
[IMG] Arles mint, A.D. 351-353 Obv: D N DECENTI-VS CAESAR Rev: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES - Two Victories, facing each other, holding shield...
Notice that the Omega is facing outward. That's unusual, and it might help narrow it down. What looks like a V two letters before it is actually...
That's an amazing depiction of Sol. It looks like they are just standing around, waiting for the parade to begin. You can see Sol telling the two...
The obverse portrait reminds me of a young Octavian, but I've never seen anything like that reverse before. Am I correct in assuming that the coin...
I neglected to notice the centration dimples. the coin is definitely a provincial. If you don't see any Greek letters, then you might start with...
I don't think it can be Maximian. The coin looks like a 3rd-century provincial. The problem is that obverse portraits vary widely on provincials....
Hey! That's cheating! Oh. You meant the reverse. Here's a couple Constantine I matching pairs: [IMG] London mint, A.D. 310-312 RIC 153 Obv:...
I have a couple of AEIIs in my collection that are worth sharing: [IMG] Theodosius I ("the Great") Augustus, A,D, 379-395 AE II Constantinople...
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