that one is also fake it was sold in 2015 on eBay by well-known fake seller victoriqn here is the 2015 picture [ATTACH] a die match...
greed and ignorance combined beat down careful thinking everytime
Sure he could have put more effort into it, but it will sell, probably for quite a bit of money. The fakeseller is not trying to fool...
that coin is a tooled Siscian campgate, that's why the chi-rho is wrong, he didn't try to change the star. You can also easily make out some of...
it's probably just a weak strike; which is also apparent on the obverse at the same position, 9- 2 o'clockish, around the edge.
though in fairly good style, there is always the possibility it is an unofficial mint product. These exist for Gallienus; but not very common.
Yes, I have talked to Ron.
Yes, I have a die match to that one 18x17mm 2.5gm [IMG] and obverse match with close reverse 18x17mm 2.5gm [IMG] another close one, maybe...
No, there were none with a star.
Your coin is 366a. The difference is the ties of the crown. 366a has divergent ties, while 366e has parallel ties, like your second example....
Here is a neat Gallienus I just catalogued. I started with RIC V, but RIC does not have any recorded with S in left field, but it is pretty...
I think that he is joking, because everyone is talking about the internet; but he is also making a point. Remember the old saying "buy the book...
I just looked up some of Curtis' arguments on the star placement and, as usual, they are pretty convincing.
but there are sometimes issues without a star. So the combinations give you four controls- no stars, star in left, star in right and two stars.
I believe that fields marks primarily served an internal function in the mint, a means of identifying which group struck the coin-- quality control.
10 years later and I am still looking for die matches, but mainly unofficial Siscian VLPP's. I just won an auction for a lot that is a fifth die...
for starters, you get their magazine. The latest issue had an article on Giovanni Dattari and his fabled collection of Alexandrian coins; which I...
How do you know that it is well-researched...are you so well versed in the topic? Note that there is not a single reference...and everone makes...
He's a crook who was sent to jail stemming from fraud charges. There are much better sources to check out about hoards, rather than the site of...
here is the entry from Howgego's Greek Imperial Countermarks [ATTACH]
Separate names with a comma.
