@Carausius @red_spork @TIF I have seen several corn ear KA overstrikes recently. I thought this one was interesting because it was a corn ear (no...
Love your minnow @stevex6 ! That's pronounced minner back home. Mine small fish is an AE13, dolphin [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Italy....
My guess is flip-over double strike. This one has both Dioscuri visible in front of Roma's nose. I can not line-up the under-type on the reverse....
@TIF I thought of you as I waited a looooooong time while the Roman Prov. coins were sold. There were plenty of odd animal reverses. I wanted one...
Look at the coin pictured below and tell me what you see - [ATTACH] Roman Republican AR Denarius Publius Aelius Paetus; Rome mint; 138BC. Obv -...
I picked up a few coins today and could not wait to post something. Post your over-strikes or something like the over or under types. A longer...
I do not have a history from Israel, but I just bought a book from there. It will be interesting to see how long it takes. The web site said 4 - 6...
Nice coin @maridvnvm ! I think of you (and your plumb bob / level coin) when I see these in an auction. This one went for the minimum today. I...
@dougsmit love that Oval from Athens. Is it an early issue? fraction? Athena looks much less feminine than usual.
Not round is common for RR coins - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I seldom measure thickness of coins. I usually measure the thickness of cast bronze items, especially bars.
I do not worry about cracks that were formed during minting like the one on @Orfew 's Vespasian. I worry lots about cracks due to...
I have one of those snake coins - with a neat die marker [ATTACH]
Nice coin! My win is far more pedestrian, but an interesting type none the less. It was near the opening bid, I was a bit distracted and just bid...
This is my oxymoron coin. When I hold youth auctions, I introduce this coin as the ugliest US coin.... on the obverse. I like the artwork and...
Did you bid on / buy a coin that you wanted or was it a spur of the moment buy? When I bid on something I have waited to find, I am happy to wait...
Welcome @Obone . Nice pics, are they yours? I am a big fan of buying the book before the coin, or soon afterwards. If you want to buy ancients...
Nice coins. I enjoy looking at what details the contemporary imitators kept and what they missed, or left out. I think some of the celetors who...
one on obverse and one on reverse To me this is an odd combination of same O & R.
How about two grains. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Cast Bronze Uncia Barley grain / Barley grain from Apollo / Apollo series 275 BC Obv. Barley grain;...
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