And if you haven't already, you can read the back story of this collection while you are waiting for TIF's scan to arrive:...
Do NOT lock it up in a safe. At this point you can do the coin no harm. So hold it in your hand. Imagine what the world was like back then, 1700+...
Yup. Sure looks like it.
Probably more common (percentage-wise). All dies were hand-cut, and the coins were all hand-stamped. Quality control varied widely but generally...
I agree. Nice coin. The other thing to notice is that the thin layer of silvering on the surface has worn off the high points--including the...
Because the wear is so uneven, a filled die is the most likely explanation. The letters in the exergue, which is the area under the horse, are the...
Since the first response was about mints, I'll continue in that vein. The mint at Ostia was opened by Maxentius in 308 and closed by Constantine I...
Actually, Mars is usually shown nude. It is often difficult to tell if a coin is depicting Mars or Virtus, and as a general rule, the figure is...
Constantius Gallus was never Augustus. The portrait on the obverse of your coin shows someone wearing a diadem, the mark of Augustus. Also, your...
If someone wanted to drive a nail through a coin--say, to attach it over a doorway--a countermark would probably be the easiest place to do this,...
Despite the fact that your BD treatment left the coin looking, in your opinion, worse, leaving it untreated was not an option, so you should have...
No. Many of his (?) coins, particularly the bronzes, appear to be legitimate, but they are grossly overpriced. Most of the ones that seem like...
Nice. How about a similar shot of the reverse?
I would leave it alone, too, but only after I squirted a little 3-in-1 oil on a soft rag and tried rubbing some of the oxide off, most likely...
I agree that the coin looks good. The only red flag for me was that the seller claimed the coins were found in Turkey. It is illegal to export...
By any chance, do you have access to a digital 10x microscope? If so, go to a hobby shop and pick up a couple of thin brass rods of between 3/32"...
If you rotate the photo clockwise 90 degrees, you might see a portrait with an inscription around it.
Definitely written after 1956. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_Paper BTW, thanks for this question. Had you not asked if, I would never have...
Possibly, although I can't tell for certain from the photos. You may have to strip it down to bare metal--e.g., electrolysis--to get a positive...
No reason to be ashamed. It's not like they're ancients. ;>)
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