That is quite the collection! Nice write up, I did not know anything about these coins before. Thanks for sharing. John
Great quote! I could easily get addicted to collecting this area.
I am also 52. There seem to be quite a few of us around this age. I am happy to make it to each new year and hope to enjoy many more. John
My first was this theodosius many years ago. [ATTACH]
I hear what you are saying. I was thinking of creating a step by step guide for using web and printed resources to check out coins before buying...
The vcoins dealer I got this from has a 14 day for any reason return policy. I will be taking advantage of this. He also has a lifetime...
The chunk of corrosion on the (possibly) real CNG coin has been transformed into what looks like a die break on mine because it is made of good...
Thanks very much Odysseus for taking the time to look at this and post about it. That is very kind of you. :-) I noticed the beak of my eagle is...
Looking in the Hoover book on Sicily, I believe that 131 is a die match for my coin. The photo even shows a die break on the right claw that also...
Thanks Bing. I got the coin from an established vcoins dealer so I feel confident if David Sear says it is a fake I will get my purchase price back.
My coin and the one in numisfakes have different flan shapes and centering so they are not casts of each other. They could both be struck fakes...
I wonder if that is a cast fake of a real coin? There are several similar examples to mine on the various search sites leading me to believe this...
Super didrachm, Noob!
Zumbly, I love the Plautilla Triton, great coin! The crab eating the leaf on the Akragas is also very cool.
Received this Akragas Hemilitron today. It is a thick and hefty bronze coin with artistic devices. I really like the Triton on the reverse...
Great discussion in this thread, folks. I don't like slabs but I think NGC does what they can given how vast and variable the world of ancients...
Thanks for the good questions and answers. Please feel free to post anything photo or editing related. I have had good luck getting my...
[QUOhaving the co="Jwt708, post: 2424061, member: 32619"]I have the same camera! How do you get your backgrounds so uniform looking? Photo...
One last thing is that I have used both a 10mm extender ring and a 16mm extender ring (one or the other). Both seem to work, one seems to give...
Here is the photo I took while making this thread. This is a Byzantine coin I have not attributed yet. [ATTACH] I did this at night using just...
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