This is a real mystery, I agree: two Galba asse struck with the same exact die, with the same shape of flan, and both equally off-center...Even...
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I think Ro and I both share a passion for coins of Galba: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I like it too! Bit rough on reverse, but the bust still quite nice. But the color .....shouldn't it be nice and brassy looking? :):)
I would say that is a great pick-up. When you throw in the price you paid, even better!
Safety concerns would override any other issues, in my opinion. I would therefore use a pseudonym. I like the way British auction houses do...
I was referring to the overall appearance of the coin, and it is very attractive.
Very attractive coin, Cucumbor!
Be great to see what you found:). I was also in need of some 'consolation' during yesterdays' auction - and was about to bid on coins that I...
Nice addition! you have sought and found a rare variant within the (only relatively) scarce denarii of Julia Titi. That is a very nice example....
Even though I should know better, I too was enticed by the very low estimates: A Germanicus 'Signis Receptis' dupondius for double the estimate??...
This is one of those difficult to photograph coins I have. An as of Trajan with Trajan crowned by Victoria. This is the best picture I have been...
I had 3 coins in my wish-list. Only managed to get one, but I am happy:) It was lot 43. A lovely Vespasian sestertius of a scarce type. The...
That amazing coin sold for the price of a very decent single family home - 310000 pounds. Add about 24 % to that.
Then you were bidding against me.... but we both lost so all is good. Still, I did not walk away empty handed.
There are some very good points here made by many of you on this touchy subject. Having purchased some fakes in my 30-year collecting lifetime, I...
Very impressive. I like it!
Ok, but don't say I didn't warn you... (to this day I still don't know what possessed me to buy this coin- I must have 'been on' something I...
Some very nice examples have been posted here:). Sestertii of Septimius Severius, or his imperial bronzes for that matter, are in my experience...
Thank you all very much for your comments. David, that is an very interesting countermark on your vespasian denarius: ''Extremely rare. Only a...
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