Do you mean the beer or the virus?
Yes, that one is also barbarous. Which doesn't make them junk, though. They can actually tell us a lot about the political and economic conditions...
Wow. Talk about memories rushing back from the abyss. (Okay, PRETEND we were talking about memories rushing back from the abyss.) When I was...
That depends on whether or not they are silver. If most of them are base metal, then it's not unusual to pick up a lot of miscellaneous foreign...
I don't know a lot of the mythology behind Serapis. Wasn't he killed, dismembered and then resurrected? I have seen several coins showing...
They considered the emperor in Constantinople their ruler, but they tolerated Theodoric rather throwing him out, as long as he didn't push them...
Hercules killing the Nemean lion: [ATTACH] Constantine I ("the Great") Ticinum mint, A.D. 307-308 RIC 99 Obv: CONSTANTINVS P F AGV[sic] Rev:...
Actually, there is a way to use eBay to get some idea of the market value of coins. Just scroll down the auctions and mark "Watch" on any coin...
I don't think there is anything to be gained by assuming bad faith on the auction house. Mistakes like these do happen. I can't remember the...
Despite the attribution, is it possible that the top coin is an imitation of the bottom? For that matter, might bcuda's 2nd coin be an imitation...
Hmmm. Looks like an unbroken obverse inscription, which means it's probably Valentinian II, not I. Constantinople mint?. The reverse looks like...
If you could show us a well-focused image of the obverse we might be able to tell you who the emperor was.
That is more or less correct. By the time of Probus, supposedly silver coins contained only about 5% silver, the rest was copper. Thus the need...
Even though it's getting us a ways off topic, here's a commemorative of Maximian, from Siscia: [ATTACH] Bronze Nummus (a.ka. Follis) of Maximian...
Well, I think you did a good job.
Well said. I agree.
You're really opening a huge can of worms with this question, because everyone has an opinion--many quite forceful--about uncleaned coins and how...
And a little dishwashing liquid. Then another good soak in DW to remove the soap.
Both Dane and I are correct. Your coin is both very common and very rare at the same time. It's a matter of what about the coin interests you....
Actually, I thought Vespasian was known for his sense of humor.
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