Looks nice to me. You've gotta love that prominent chin on ol' Max Thrax! It might have had some smoothing. Many- maybe most- sestertii have....
Artifacts are cool and fun. I started a megathread about them a while back. :) Feel free to contribute- it looks like it hasn't been replied to...
OK, so here's one that sold in May of last year on Great Collections. Past auction sales are the best reference for pricing (though the movement...
I’m with @-jeffB and the others who replied that this coin is worth its bullion content alone, with no numismatic premium. NCLT (non-circulating...
Hope @Mountain Man is still with us, and doing OK. Anyone have news? His last posting appears to be this one, on May 7th.
That coin is a lot nicer than it looks in my poor photographs.
C’mon over! :)
There are plenty out there, Cheech. If I see one in my stash, I'll save it for you.
True, but these do not even remotely look like proofs to me. Maybe just a really well struck example.
How big? Is it one of those 3" coasters? Those were a thing back in the '70s.
Things that make you go "hmmm"...
The Kingdom of Cappadocia was located in what is now the central portion of modern Turkey, between 331 BC and 17 AD. That's a nice choice. I...
Martlets, maybe? Martlets got used a lot in heraldic devices. Can you tell if they have feet? I can't, quite, from the pic. Martlets were...
Very handsome! My only 24-mariengroschen at present is a "Wildman", from Brunswick-Lüneberg-Calenberg-Hannover. Also a lightly toned NGC AU55....
They both look OK to me on the authenticity front, though take that with the proverbial grain of salt, as I am no expert on either series. Both...
LordM Giveaway #114 (pick your prize) Contest status: CLOSED Drawing: (@Hiddendragon won) Shipped: August 14, 2024 Winner's receipt...
Welcome to July, everyone. It is time for the drawing! Our lucky number was... 8. [ATTACH] Post #8 was by... @PlanoSteve ! Coingratulations,...
I'm not even sure the writer is a human. These days, I've been seeing AI-generated posts on places like Quora, which sound pretty convincing, but...
The whole saga was really fun. In some ways kind of like my old metal detecting outings. Except it was the secrets of the coin rather than the...
I took some time and wrote this up as an article for The Numismatist, but as far as I know, they never ran the submission. :(
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