Just curious: did you actually search for "tetradrachm" or something? Whatever possessed you?
After reading Gavin Richardson's recent post where he mentioned using a cloth for the background of his coin photographs,...
I bought some coins on a trip to England and did not have any trouble bringing them back into the US.
Yes, the quality of the Trier coins really stands out when compared with those of other mints. Both these coins (different reverse types) were...
Are you still looking for a catalog number? You could also include Moushmov 714 as a reference. Very nice coin, by the way. Great condition.
In case it's helpful to the discussion, I think that this coin, too, is a first-year issue, based on Curtis's comment about the straight hair:...
Thanks to everyone who wrote in. I didn't realize that Commodus tried to goose the economy with lightweight denarii toward the end of his reign....
I received the coin below in a small lot of silver denarii and antoniniani that I was top bidder on in a recent Roma auction. [ATTACH] Commodus,...
Not sure he's wearing furs, but here's another interesting obverse from Trier: [IMG] Constantine I Treveri (Trier) mint, A.D. 322-323 RIC 369...
Is it a bronze drachm from Alexandria?
You might go to a hardware store and pick up a small conduit clamp. [ATTACH]
It is a bronze antoninianus (a double denarius) of Claudius II, often called Claudius Gothicus, who reigned from 268-270 A.D. I think the reverse...
It looks relatively modern to me. If forced to guess, I'd say it dates from the late 19th to early 20th century.
In my opinion, that's not a problem, that's a benefit.
Good question. Most campgates of the PROVIDENTIAE type don't have any doors. I don't know why open doors were included on the contemporaneous...
Not sure. My guess is that it's some sort of control mark. It's not the officina, though. The "Q" in the exergue denotes that it was minted in the...
It looks to be a fantasy piece. I don't think it's ancient. The reverse inscription include the word "Corinth"
The OP has an "A" in the left field of the reverse. I've not seen one of these coins with a field mark before. That might increase interest for...
Not all all. I used to teach 6th grade in Indiana, which was one of the first states in the country to institute mandatory, state-wide...
As mentioned above, these coins were harshly, but only partially cleaned. If you want to try to improve their appearance--and I am neutral about...
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