WOW!! Exceptional examples from the OP on down!! I just picked up two of the more modest types (at the last CNG e-auction) but I guess they...
I can easily forgive the 'roughness' on that wonderful example!! I'd LOVE to own it!! And @TIF's beauty is just mesmerizing!! Need I say I'd Love...
Not surprisingly, I'm in total agreement with Bing..... and relish the Augustus/Spanish bull!!
That is absolutely unbelievable!!:woot: :wideyed: 256.29 grams and 64 mm??? That's truly awesome!!
I suppose the unfortunate victim had his collection stored in easily accessible 'drawers' or cabinets?? But even a 'safe' or an ATM for that...
Hmmm, it seems this thread is becoming a tad 'animated' too. ;) I suppose there's a fine line for many of us deciding when a coin has been cleaned...
Wonderful example!! I tend to agree JA, although the 'blast-white' types (i.e. harshly cleaned) are a bit of a dilemma for me.....but this Tet I...
Obviously, I greatly appreciate the fact that members have alerted me to a fake coin(s) that I have posted since I joined CT back in January of...
Well, all I can say is that the one I posted is : Semi-Autonomous, Antioch ad Orontes (after 47 BC), presumably counter-marked under authority...
I have to admit, it does cause me a bit of concern the more I examine the photo...but I find even after examining the fake registries I'm still...
I posted this old photo from Heritage of my formerly slabbed Tiberius---obviously an As and as Doug mentioned, reasonably cheap:[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Oh I remember that dekadrachm....I still have it on lay-a-way:rolleyes:;)
My best example is also a bit run-of-the mill; denarius with the Mars reverse....but he does look sinister LOL: [ATTACH]
I purchased this from JA many months ago and it's a countermark of that Cleopatra also, but I still can't make out what it is...but not...
Like that Nero denarius I purchased and returned, my initial instinct is to pass on it regardless of whether it's genuine or not. There are simply...
I'm about to eat dinner but I noticed that three portraits have a high flattened cheekbone while #2 has a rounded less pronounced one??? One is...
Congrats on your newest acquisition!! As far as this being your last purchase of the year and a wager....:hilarious::playful: I want a piece of...
I can understand why you may have wondered whether it was genuine. I would've wondered if it was a 'Paduan' example myself. I'm glad to see that...
I think I fall in line with the consensus of opinion and prefer well centered examples if I can afford them. And my tolerance for coins with rough...
That's a wonderful example @Aethelred !!! The portrait and centering MORE than compensate for the wear/strike on that otherwise super cool...
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