Never use a steel brush. Steel is harder than bronze and will scratch your coins.
The first one is going to take a little work to identify, but I think the laurel wreath on the reverse will help you narrow it down. You might be...
If you're new to ancients, eBay is great for picking up low-to-medium grade late Roman bronzes in the $15 or less range. But if you're hoping to...
As a former cleaner of uncleaned ancient coins, I have plenty of uglies that I could share. But here's one of my favorites: [IMG] Vitellius...
Many of your bronze coins should be identifiable. There are literally dozens of websites that can help you learn about and ID your coins. Here's a...
I would guess that most of the Romans are probably legit. None leaps out as particularly rare or valuable, but an outstanding introduction to...
So the coins made it all the way from Rome to the Middle East. I'd love to know their story.
Some real beauties there. Is the desert patina original? I've owned many coins in the past with similar patinas, especially from Antioch and...
How can you tell whether the reverse is depicting Mars or Virtus? Is Mars usually portrayed nude and Virtus in military dress? I'm just going by...
Hey, Jwt708. I think I might have an obverse die match with your Viminacium. Probably not that unusual, since provincial coins were usually minted...
I usually tell beginning collectors to bid on anything that strikes their fancy, but never bid more than $10. This way, they can get a good idea...
My advice for new collectors: Stay away from Nero, Vitellius, Otho and Galba.
That is correct. Copper and zinc are usually referred to a orichalcum, which generally is spelled out, although some collectors may abbreviate it...
Used to be that you could put a coin like that on eBay and expect to get $25-30 for it. That's no longer the case. Sale prices on most ancient...
Faustina seems pretty cavalier about the way she's holding her infants in the OP coin. No wonder so many of her kids didn't make it into adulthood.
[ATTACH] Really? You think it's fake, but you include it with the imperitorial coins? Am I being overly critical, or does this bother anyone, too?
Why?
It would be an interesting experiment to send a freed NGC graded coin to another leading third party coin grading company. People do this all the...
If it wasn't for the fall of Constantinople, the age of exploration (and subsequent colonization) would probably not have occurred, at least, not...
Just curious. Now that you've freed the coin from its plastic prison, what do you plan to do with the top half of the holder?
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