There are those among us who are totally against slabbing Ancients. I don't like them, for myself, but have no problem with collectors who want...
I suppose......
I thought you were serious. Ditto. I'm not certain what a "pyramid looking thing" might be.
You may be right JA. I haven't been in the buying mode for most of this year, but when I look, coin prices seem awfully high and are not selling....
You said it much better than I could.
I'm not really superstitious, but I still do not walk under ladders and I don't throw my ball in bowling if the lane next to me has a split...
Without the reverse it's hard to identify, but "uncirculated"? Really? I have my doubts!
I'm not very good at spotting fakes, but this is a coin with too many questions. I think it looks cast as well. If I were looking to buy, this...
Another I haven't handled in a very long time. Notice the detail in the faces in the reverse of the new image. OLD [ATTACH] NEW [ATTACH]...
I have read that the red comes from the minerals found in the sand in Syria. Thus the name Syrian Red. For this period in Roman coin history,...
I was in Zagreb and a coastal town named Pula. Zagreb is like most large European towns. Pula has tons of Roman ruins. It was a tourest area...
This Ptolemy was minted in Cyprus [ATTACH] PTOLEMY VI AE20 OBVERSE: Diademed head of Zeus-Ammon right REVERSE: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, two eagles...
One of my favorite RR coins: [ATTACH] M FURIUS Lf PHILUS ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBVERSE: Laureate head of Janus; M•FOVRI•L•F around REVERSE:...
I'm fairly certain on the RIC number.
Ditto. Republicans (Roman that is) are my favorites (I think) [ATTACH] ANONYMOUS ROMAN REPUBLIC AR Denarius OBVERSE: Helmeted head of Roma...
Ditto on the toning. Nice coin. Is this a RIC 849?
Mine I got on a trip to Croatia a few years back from a colleague there. Notice the difference in the simpulum & lituus. Mine is in the "Pd"...
NICE! However, I don't have any. Boo Hoo Hoo.
[ATTACH] MAXIMIANUS AR Argenteus OBVERSE: MAXIMIANVS AVG, laureate head right REVERSE: VIRTVS MILITVM, four tetrarchs sacrificing before walls...
Thank you, but man would I love to have this coin with less pitting and smoother surfaces.
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