Here is a countermark from Byzantium (pre-Byzantine era). I posted this a while back. I bid on it because I found a similar example sold on...
Thank you, gsimonel. I sort of feel the same way about it. My guess is that it must have crystalized on the inside, leaving decent surfaces -...
As Sallent says, there are a lot of variations with these. A great place to find a "quantitative analysis" of a particular issue is the OCRC...
I just got a couple of low-grade Roman copper/brass coins that I've been having a lot of fun tracking down. There's been a lot of posts about...
I really like Gordian III silver coins - they can be quite appealing and cheap. In my constant bottom-feeding on eBay I got a IOVI STATORI...
Nice trophies, everyone. I recently got a very worn Lucius Verus As with three Armenian trophies on the reverse: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Lucius Verus...
Yeah, it is kind of fishy - the obverse style is very crude, cruder than the examples on Four Bad Years site. The eye in particular has a kind of...
I recently picked up an odd Trajan Decius antoninianus cheap on eBay that I was having a great deal of trouble attributing. It features PIETAS...
I recently got a Philip II as (at least I think it is an as) - a fairly scarce denomination for this kid, I believe. It isn't very pretty. It...
I like 'em all. If I had to pick, I'd guess that third one - something about the color/chunkiness of it appeals to me. Nice lot.
Nice coins, everyone. My photos of a Gallienus antoninianus with Apollo. Equipment: an elderly Sony Cyber-shot and the tailgate of an even...
Thank you so much, TIF and Brian. I do appreciate the assistance. This was one of those cheap "lot" coins I tend to buy - in hand, I found it...
I recently got my first Byzantine Justinian I 16 nummi from Thessalonica. It has a pretty rough obverse, but the reverse is pretty decent....
Yeah, by "Roman traditional virtue" I think this includes persecuting Christians!
Very interesting post. I've only a few Trajan Decius ants., and some of them are a bit weird. My favorite place to go for information is the...
I really like these dirty coins - that OP Gordian is one of the nicest I've seen, since toned Gordies are pretty hard to find, it seems to me....
Thank you all for your help with these. These little Greek bronzes are outside my (limited) area of knowledge, but it has been fun researching them.
Just got two new cheap Greeks from eBay and I had a question/comment about them, wondering if I could get some help, opinions, etc. The one on...
Nice coins, everyone. I got my first "Dog Dollar" in February, after wanting one for 30 years. My great-great-grandparents came over from...
I was in Bath in 2007, but the price to get in the baths was pretty "salty" so I never made it to the gift shop.
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