Doug's post reveals a number of factors to consider. I would hate for a concern over fakes to prevent someone from collecting ancients if they...
Welcome to ancients. If you haven't followed up on randygeki's clue above for coin #1, click here if you want a likely candidate:...
This looks like a good way of passing around the odd coin in the classroom without fearing one of 25 handlers will send it accidentally rolling...
I emailed a shipping query regarding a VCoins item. I emailed: 'vcoins@savoca-coins.com' I also received noticed from" Savoca Numismatik GmbH &...
Fascinating coin. Could that be a barbarian or captive holding the shield, which would align it with other FTR imagery from those of 348 AD.?
Very enlightening. I wish there was a recourse for when a package reaches US Customs and never emerges. Collectors just seem to accept that it...
I don't know if this is related, but I had a coin from a Spanish VCoins dealer disappear into the black hole of New York customs, never to be seen...
Last month I got a FedEx package from Savoca in Munich. The description was "collectibles" with the country of manufacture as Germany. It arrived...
I think a video like this is a great service to collectors and researchers. Your skills seems suited just fine. Perhaps the only thing I might...
“Then come, dear father. Arms around my neck: I'll take you on my shoulders, no great weight. Whatever happens, both will face one danger, Find...
I'm glad they seized that old printed atlas. Looks priceless. :shame: And a couple of US quarters too.
In this thread I suggest that the round Maxentian family mausoleum is what is pictured on the Romulus coin:...
[ATTACH] I don't know if this is a satisfactory explanation for the "suae" in the legend, but Maxentius's claim to power pretty much originated in...
A good reference is David Hendin's GUIDE TO BIBLICAL COINS. This book has gone through some 5 editions. Amazon has the current edition at $85. But...
I'm in. Not a new collector. But I don't have any Egyptian provincials. Good on you for making somebody's day!
Perhaps this is too complex a question. But how can the intermediate collector recognize "transfer die" forgeries? I think I'm getting pretty...
I think one tradition has him stuffed; another less sensational tradition has him merely skinned or flayed, with the skin on display in the...
I've recently discovered Mike Duncan's fine HISTORY OF ROME podcasts from ca. 2010. Occasionally I'll take issue with something he says or, more...
Wow. Your photo looks much better. I think I have at least two coins from the seller with the same kind of sketchy patina. I have not tried to...
Ah yes. I forget about the Spes coin because I see it so rarely. That link to Warren's page is helpful. Thanks.
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