fantastic result Pishpash! I have a galba dupondius with a incredibly thick patina/layer of green. Maybe it can be helped too.
Another sestertius of Vitellius. Very worn unfortunately, but nice color and much scarcer than the Pax type. Vitellius. AD 69. Æ Sestertius. Rome...
I would like to dedicate this thread to an old-time favorite of mine - Emperor Vitellius. I credit him for getting me started along the path of...
Unfortunately that coin has been badly mishandled. However, Like you I do not shy away from taking coins into my collection which are significant...
Amazing condition for a chain! Well done, 900fine. PS- If something like that came into my life, I would not let her go....
Like you, I would have had difficulty making the decision to clean it. It is an important and historic coin, and its relation to the Second Punic...
A few more facts (and coins) relevant to the Napoleonic era. After the failure to establish a constitutional monarchy (1791-1792), King Louis...
Tank you very much for that superb write-up! very interesting.
Thank you, everybody, for your posts and very interesting contributions to this thread. Many fascinating historical facts, and not the least,...
These are really nice examples, all of them. I am not really a collector of Republican issues, but I think I would make an exception for that coin...
@Cucumbor, you have a very nice selection of Napoleonic and related coinage! I don't know were to start, but I find that Sol aux Balances very,...
@Parthicus, thank you for showing us the coin bearing Maria Luigia's portrait. You are certainly right about history having been unkind to her. I...
Longshot, than you for posting your monnaie de confiance issued by the Moneron brothers. I have seen these around but knew little about them. This...
Thank you guys for your comments and posting your great coins of Napoleon. Christian, would be great to see your example of Joachim Murat's...
Strictly speaking coinage of this era belongs in World Coinage, so if it needs to be moved, please go ahead. Also, I did not want to impolitely...
That was just a typo. It should be obvious if you read on in the text in my next post.
Thank you, Orfew for your very kind words. This is a very interesting thread you have started. Here is another coin related to Elizabeth I which...
This one is not going to win any beauty contests but there is something very special and feminine about the way Venvs delicately holds an apple on...
Thanks for all your comments and for posting your Antoninianii. Very interesting portrait on you coin, mat!
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