It would depend on the timing and whether or not I can get off from work. I know a lot of people travel to the NYINC in January, but hotels in...
The style looks about right, so they are not obvious forgeries. But I think a lot of us here are wondering if they are cast copies. If they are,...
I wouldn't put anything on them. And definitely not linseed oil. Leave them out in the air for a few months, checking them every couple of weeks,...
Personally, I enjoy coins of Elagabalus that portray him as a dickhead. Definitely worth a juvenile snicker or two: [IMG] Silver Denarius Rome...
I don't know if this will work with the software you use, but in Photoshop I open a new file that is more than twice the size of the cropped...
I, too, prefer to photograph my coins outdoors with natural light. I try to get the sunlight to strike the coin surface at a low angle,...
Hilarious! Cruel, maybe, but still hilarious.
I think as a general rule, on bronze coins from Constantia the officina letter precedes the mint city letters (usually CON), while at...
Any chance your coin might be RIC 249?
Although preservation issues mar the reverse of this coin, I've always admired the portrait of Claudius II ("Gothicus") on the obverse: [IMG]...
I do. The last I'd heard, the general consensus was that the coin was legitimate. Do you know if that is still the glearned opinion? Because it...
This series is interesting because of the wide variety of obverse portraits. Here's another obverse type, with Constantine facing right wearing a...
If I don't know the value of something that I'm selling on eBay, I'll auction it starting at $.99 and let the market tell me what it's worth. If...
I think it is authentic. There is no reason to fake a coin like the one you received. True, your coin is worth more than the $1.25 that you paid...
I've recently received several coins from Antioch, all unattributed. Like the OP, most of them don't have obverse inscriptions. Is there a good...
[IMG] Julia Mamaea Augusta, A.D. 222-235 Silver Denarius Rome mint Obv: IVLIA MA-MAEA AVG Rev: VESTA - Vesta standing left, holding patera and...
The problem may be with the word "genuine." If this person was planning a rebellion/usurpation, he may have had some coins made in anticipation of...
I can't tell much from the photo, but I do see a similarity to this coin: [IMG] Domitian (81-96). Æ Quadrans (16mm, 2.19g, 7h). Rome, 81-2....
While I admit that the coin is a beauty, I can't quite warm up to the blue fingernail polish.
Anything other than scrubbing it with a nylon-bristle brush--with, maybe distilled water and a little dish washing liquid--is asking for trouble....
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