Dear @bcuda , I suggest you stay a member. Watch threads for a while. Then, when you feel comfortable, join in. How could you know our unwritten...
Heat waves apparently make crop circles more evident....
New members eventually learn the CoinTalk rule of etiquette not to post about coins currently up for sale. If the coin is a determined to be good...
The pomegranate's name in Greek was side, a pun on the name of the city, but a pun in Greek, not in the local language, so these coins were...
If you compare the beards on those two, you see they are engraved quite differently. I think the beard on the OP is tooled as well as the hair....
I have recently added Byzantine, Constantinian, other late Roman, and Greek coins to my site at the top of the main page....
King Roman Quniarii, Rome Diocletian 19 page 413 and plate 35. "first issue" when "Diocletian was sole ruler" page 226.
I have repeatedly posted on the joy of assembling "mini-theme" collections. I love the idea of completing, or almost completing, a small type-set....
When I posted the OP at the link: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Gallus/ I included some rarity data. One of our members, @randygeki , was kind...
There are quotes from good books above. Do not think that they are necessarily the correct answers. Harl wrote a book I recommend (but, with some...
Considering the originals copied by the barbarous radiates are usually not in excellent condition, it is remarkable to find a well-struck...
Neat! I love small sub-collections with a mini-theme with a few or several coins that can be completed, or almost completed. I can think of very...
[ATTACH] Julia Mamaea, sestertius. 31-30 mm. 21. 55 grams. FELICITAS PVBLICA RIC IV 676. Sear II 8228.
I have a web site on the quinarius denomination: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/quinarius/ I just added this example to it: [ATTACH] L....
Many nice VOTA coins have been shown. I have a site on VOTA coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/ with several sub-pages including one on VOT...
Mithradates II was king from 123-88 BC. That's a long time and his portraits changed over time. I have Sear 24, 26, and 28. I wonder if the...
Byzantine coins have a wide variety of mintmarks. Here is one that is fun: [ATTACH] This is a large (33-32 mm) year 13 (XIII = 539/540)...
Here is an example from year 4, his final year: [ATTACH] PM TRP IIII COS PP (year 4) Struck 238 before April [BMC] BMC 219 Sear 8314 (no photo)...
Another restitution example [ATTACH] DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER type restored under Titus, IMP T VESP AVG REST 27 mm. 12.36 grams. Dupondius. Sear I...
I reconfirm what the others have said. It is a tourist reproduction, i.e. fake.
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