4. Cast bronze coins – I picked up several. My favorite is a Semis. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Roman Republican semis, Aes Grave, Rome, 241 to...
6. I look for coins to fit largest time window missing in collection, or a nice copy of a less common coin. This was not the longest window, but...
9. cont - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This one is a sextans over a man-headed bull. Roman Republican Sextans (Cr 56.6) McCabe essays Russo type G or H...
I had several collecting goals for 2016. I was fortunate to find some neat items that fit the wish list. In reverse order my best dozen. 12. I...
Great coins. I agree, the flip-over double strike elephant is awesome! Your almost unique civil war coin is a great find. (yes, almost unique is...
@dougsmit Missed this post, no comment only because I did not see the post. The half-life of posts on CoinTalk is about like Sodium-24, half a...
Great thread @Valentinian . Perspective is not always right on Roman coins. This is usually a ruler much larger than a defeated for or an Augustus...
Great coin, I need one of those also. The banker's marks make neat mutton chops for Regulus! I am way behind taking pics of coins. I do not think...
I vote not Otho. The hair looks wrong. [ATTACH] No curls and he is wearing a laurel wreath. The only laurel wreath coins I see are bronze....
Nice coin and great story. I like the type, but do not have one. I have been waiting for an example with well struck characters like the one on...
I think you have a banker's mark, or a test mark to check for a plated or low silver content coin. See a similar S on the example below from CNG....
The IVLIA coin is a great way to end the year. Nice coins!
My favorite is Trajan's column, I'd like to see it one day. The lion quadriga is pretty neat also. [ATTACH]
Stunning collection of treasures. You have a nice mix of coins. My favorites are the RR coins with odd bigas - Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus with...
I have admired M. Plaetorius M.f. Cestianus' coins, but did not have an example. This one was inexpensive, but not the best example you can find...
@Bing - it is good to have someone who knows you! My wife bought me a warm jacket so I will not freeze next month at the NYINC! I do not have...
Nice piece, I like the high relief hoof / leg. How do you know it is a horse vs another animal? If you boil down your collecting year, this is the...
Nice #2. I like your mini Noah's Ark coin. I like coins with a bit more than the original strike: counter-stamped, brockage, over-struck, ... I...
I agree that what a coin (or cast bronze item like a bar) brings at auction is a function of what the second high bidder is willing to pay. If...
Super coins!
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