Beautiful medal! The Europeans would likely grade it an EF, for the US Choice AU? I'm not very good when assigning numbers to grades, part of...
In terms of strike, patina and subject, this is probably my best sestertius. Antoninus Pius, sestertius, Rome, 156-57 AD. Anona Standing. RIC...
Nice shilling! I really like the color and the state of preservation. More often than not these coins are in pretty rough shape. As tokens they...
That's a beautiful denarius of Geta! The heavy weight is frosting on the cake. As far as overweight Roman coinage is concerned, this is probably...
My nearly 90 degree die shift stuck follis, Constantinople, RY 3, of Heraclius would rate as a mint error, but one that is not terribly unusual...
Nice coin! I really like the stylized, almost modernistic style of the horse. I wouldn't view the style as crude, though, but instead stylized...
Yes, for US and modern world coinage (die press produced), one is mostly limited to collecting varieties, some major, but most pretty minor, such...
That's a nice pick up! A beautiful coin.
That is correct - generally crown-size coins command a premium when compared to fractional denominations. I suppose it is analogous to Roman...
The early thalers of the late 15th to 16th centuries have a charm of their own, and definitely their own character, reflecting their times....
I thought this Arab-Byzantine fals had bronze disease. It cleaned up nicely with distilled water and there are no signs of any redeveloping BD,...
Nice coins posted! This sestertius was acquired last year through eBay because of the scarcer reverse and nice green-blue patina. Trajan Decius,...
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