I forgot to say I usually end my communications with "I hope this helps." Maybe that takes the sting out of it a bit.
I often contact dealers about misattributions (vcoins listings and auction-house listings, but not eBay offerings). Sometimes they simply have the...
That would be a great coin without the cheetos patina. They erroneously call it "unlisted in RIC." However, it is RIC VIII Lyons 32 on page 206....
Here is an AETERNA PIETAS commemorative of Constantine: [ATTACH] 14 mm. Crowded and not nice, although okay "for type." RIC VIII Lyons 1...
I think the byte size of a very good photo can be 100k or less. iPhone photos can have 50 times that, and the image size is far too large. So,...
This just arrived from CNG: [ATTACH] L. Rubrius Dossenus. 87 BC. 17.5 mm. 3.90 grams. Head of Jupiter right, head of scepter over shoulder,...
I know if the reader collects Greek silver he or she might regard my next comment as wrong, but, anyway, "Those are really nice examples" (for...
IMP Imperator C Caesar M Marcus AVR Aurelius SEV Severus ALEXAND Alexander AVG Augustus
Here is mine: [ATTACH] Trajan, struck 110/111 (TRP XV). 24 mm. ΔΗΜΑΡΧ ЄΞ IЄ ΥΠΑΤ Є [TRP XV COS V] Books all have the reverse described as...
In my opinion, that coin is not worth professionally conserving. You could probably buy one like it that did not need conservation for the price...
[ATTACH] I bought this coin in 2000. It has a test cut, but the cut hardly detracts from the design. The cut is not through the middle of the owl...
It was on there as: An amazing and beautiful site for identifying late Roman AE coins: Late Roman Bronze -- Book on line. But maybe it was in...
No, it's more like 1971. I know, I looked like that!
That is the source. I don't think he regards Claudian aes or GalloRoman barbarous radiates as a source of profit for counterfeiters as much as...
170 CHF plus fees = $179 plus fees.
There is a difference between counterfeit coins intended to make a profit by deception (say, fourees with less silver than official coins) and...
I think it is there, but too face-on to see well. The movie "Ben Hur" shows the "hull-opener" three-prong ram in action in a naval battle. It is...
Here is a Constantius argenteus from Serdica. [ATTACH] 20-19 mm. 3.41 grams. Constantius as Augustus, thus 305-306. VIRTVS MILITVM, gate with...
That's a rudder.
A great beauty! Wow! The finest surface-silvering I have seen. Truly wonderful.
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