I don't see a lot of stylistic difference in the portraits. The lips look very similar. Antioch was a major mint. Was it possible that there was...
One more thing I forgot to mention. The means by which you acquired this coin--from a trusted dealer--also should reassure you. Even if this coin...
Impossible to say from just a photo with no size or weight information. Why anyone would fake a coin like that is beyond me, though. I wonder if...
All ancient coins have been cleaned at one point or another. Keep in mind most of them have been dug up after being in the ground for many...
While I agree with this interpretation, I have a very worn example of one of Antoninus Pius. There is not enough detail left to know for sure, but...
There are many examples of this coin with different letters where mine has the delta, beginning with alpha and changing alphabetically. Here's...
I just received this coin a few days ago. It's in rough shape, but I really like how the temple is shown in perspective. [ATTACH] Trajan, A.D....
True, but another major influence is the monitor that one is using to view the photos. Every monitor messes with the color balance of the image to...
Definitely maybe. Coins from similar areas tend to have similar patinas. Coins from the middle east will likely have desert patinas. Most of the...
You are correct; it is a dupondius, not a sestertius, so RIC 694 is the correct catalog number. The only other correction I can see is that there...
One correction to the above - it's probably a 3rd century antoninianus, or double denarius. By the 4th century, that denomination had been...
Well, yes, I guess. But now I'm wondering what a numpty is . . .
I am missing something here. Who is everyone talking about? If you are referring to Reid Goldsborough, he is a long-time collector who is well...
I think we need to get this conversation back to ancient topics, (and no, I DON'T consider dial phones or Yahoo discussion groups ancient; stop...
I was a member of the CDFL for a while, too, but I got turned off by all the in-fighting and that fact that several members seemed to assume every...
Which begs the question, why all the different diadems on LRBs? Even if the obverse dies were cut by different celators, weren't they all working...
Since it's clearly barbarous and issued after the edict of toleration, there's no reason that the cross can't be an intentionally Christian...
[IMG] Constantine I (again) Cyzicus mint, A.D. 311-312 RIC 92, var. Obv: IMP C FL VAL CONSTANTINVS P F AVG Rev: SOLE IN-VICTO - Sol, radiate,...
Why are you mincing words? That's clearly a booger.
An issue featuring Constantine as Caesar" [IMG] Carthage mint, A.D. 306 RIC 51c Obv: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES Rev: SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS FEL...
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