Most likely encrustations. Nothing to worry about.
I believe its the second coinage, around 1526-1532
Beautiful coin for sure & one I would take in a heartbeat too.
Those are lovely moderns, I especially like the first coin posted.
Steve hasnt been around in awhile. Lovely coin. Like the obverse especially. I think the price was right too. Dont know much about them though.
This is a very interesting coin & one I have never seen. I especially like the reverse. Also learned something too. A coin to be proud of for...
One of those coins I have had on my list but never spent alot of time to search for. Well one came up pretty cheaply and luckily I was able to get...
So did I until I started posting here and asking questions and so on. My first ancient was bought on here & I still own it. Wasnt junk either....
Whats sad is a non ancient collector would sell a Vesta caligula in a heartbeat for a boring 1909 s vdb or 1916 d merc. Thats why I am still on...
Hilarious but probably true.:D
Ive found all but a 2013 nickel. Tons of dimes though.
From looking around, no, they were the only ones.
Lol great thread/report. Nice to see a sense of humor. Im surprised at how cheap the capped quarter was but then again I dont focus on them & know...
Thanks :)
Thats why I liked my current caligula alot. It didnt have the look of any tooling or smoothing. Those are my biggest fears when buying bronzes,...
Nice coin. I dont see Samosata often myself. My only example of him. [img] Gallienus (253 - 268 A.D.) AR Antoninianus O: IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS...
Cool links and I didnt know it was an earlier type too. Still its one I would like to have but the one on ebay is just too rough. Barely 2g in...
I have planned on making a set of her once I am done with lucilla. Should be easy.
The scarcest reverse type too. Its one I would love to own. But few come to market and when they do they are expensive. There is one on ebay now...
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