Oh no! That could not get better by cleaning! Leave it alone!
I recommend the link (from above) about "Something does not add up."...
The Janus head/trophy coin (dated by Crawford to 119) is not associated with Marius. The timeline is wrong. It is associated with victories in...
Vespasian 69-79 AD. [ATTACH] pitch black, perfect style, casting seem all around, no sign of silver DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS, laureate head...
paschka, I applaud your approach of buying coins that you value more than large auction houses do. There is a lot of attractive Greek copper that...
Greek copper coins in that condition are not worth much and not worth a lot of time attributing. Auction search engines (acsearch) find valuable...
The "S C" on the reverse of the Geta makes it base metal, not silver. What is its diameter? From its appearance alone it could be an as or a...
The first one in Constantine/SOL, one of the commonest ancient coin types of all. There are, among the very many mints and control marks, some...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Vespasian denarius. 18-17 mm. IMP CAESAR VESPASIAN CAESAR AVG F COS CAESAR AVG F PR Heads of Titus and Domitian, bare,...
You can identify late (post 364) Roman AE here: http://esty.ancients.info/ricix/ It is type 6.
I have Lecam's book on late Roman gold "La fin de l'Empire Romaine et le Monnayage or en Italie" and it has 31 examples of this denomination for...
Did you know CoinTalk has a forum for selling coins? https://www.cointalk.com/forums/for-sale/ Members who want to sell coins ofter them there....
I added ten Byzantine coins to my site at the top of the page: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/crosses.html Most of the new ones are of Manuel...
Here is a different type of Severina/CONCORD MILIT with Concordia seated [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I agree about the $20 number, although their condition is below "collectable." Identify them and give them away to kids who exhibit any interest.
Iotape, Queen of Commagene, wife of Antiochus IV who reigned 38-72 AD. Struck at Samosata. AE24 Her portrait right. Scorpion KOMM .. around from...
I know it is a free country and firms can open lots at any price they want--we are not forced to bid. But, putting an $800 opening bid on a...
Dionysos in a biga of panthers right. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Severus Alexander (222-235) at Seleucia ad Calycadnum in Cilicia (northeast edge of the...
I now understand that the title of the thread refers to a firm that auctions coins.
Here is a SAFRA denarius: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 18 mm. 3.81 grams. 150 BC Crawford 206/1. Sear 85 Victory driving biga right
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