Worn reverse die on a very common coin, but I've yet to find a meaner looking portrait of the man [ATTACH] Also recently sprung for one of his...
Nice coin @Victor_Clark! I have a bunch of these Carthage types (they are cheap and usually high quality) but I had never heard them described as...
picked up this extremely rare coin with a fascinating bit of history behind it! [ATTACH] Maxentius, as Caesar AE Follis, Carthage Mint M AVR...
@TheFinn [ATTACH] One of my favorite misattributions was this coin, being sold as Hostilian as Caesar when it is in fact an Augustus issue...
Has anyone ever investigated into whether the Fecvnditas issues of Faustina II actually depict her living children, or if they were merely...
I've gotten some very nice coins as a result of mis-attributions. I've noticed it happens quite a bit at auctions like Savoca Blue where they are...
Very fascinating stuff! Some points of note - It's interesting to see so many Republican bronze coins were in circulation a century plus after...
These issues have a catalog value of about $1 even in mint state, although tin pest is becoming an increasing problem - these coins were not meant...
An earlier purchase in my quest for one of every man who called himself Augustus, I chose this one for somewhat looking like a human being, which...
I own one Antioch mint antoninianus, VICTORIA AVG [ATTACH] This puppy is my real pride and joy however [ATTACH]
Nice coins all! I can't seem to locate it at the moment, but there is at least one known Tetricus II that the current scholarly consensus is on...
Tossing in a few more examples and talking points: These two have brand-spankin' new obverse dies, but worn out reverse dies, something you don't...
Also, the organization of his Roman coins gives me an anxiety attack!
I've bought from him before on ebay. Very nice coins if you like Parthian and Sassanian. He mostly only deals in higher end material. IMO most of...
Very nice specimen! For now, I only have a few Kushan bronzes and one Heraios obol, although a nice gold stater is on my bucket list! It is...
Chinese restaurant in my town sells individual pieces of candy for under a dime each - IIRC, you can get a single small tootsie roll for 8 cents....
As far as I am aware, there is no way to differentiate between pre-reform "Roman" monogram AE4s of Anastasius and post-reform "Byzantine" monogram...
I was pretty young when beanie babies came out, but I still remember all of my friends thinking that they would be millionaires with their...
I tried to care about grading, but ultimately I just couldn't. No matter how many examples I saw or how much I tried to study the grading...
Very cool! I've always had a fondness for these ephemeral states during the great communist upheavals of the 1910s-1940s.
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