I picked this up the other day. The seller warned me that they didn't know if it was an altered date or not, and I decided to roll the dice....
I'm trying to attribute & appraise this denarius. Any help would be appreciated because, as I mentioned earlier, I'm fairly new to Ancients. It's...
Ah. Clearrrrrrly. I have enough trouble making out the 26 characters I learned in grade school. Was totally at sea here. Thanks! The previous...
How about this one? Another billon tetradrachm? Similar reverse, with Otacilia Severa: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Wow. I wasn't even close! Good to learn that these have regnal years stamped on them. So, I don't need to focus so much on letter matches on the...
Yes, it appears to be a testing mark IMO Then again, there's a lot of chances to drop the coin on a sharp edge or drop a tool on it between the...
Not sure of this one. Possibly a Diobol from Alexandria (Egypt)? Milne 123a is the closest I could find (it shows Claudius on the obverse). It's...
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Looking for any more info on this. Closest I found was a listing on the Wildwinds site that mentioned a mule with a reverse of Severys...
I have several similar pieces. How do you distinguish between the Constantine II AE3s & Constantius Chlorus (especially if the obverse legends are...
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Thanks for the move. I forgot we even had an Ancients forum, as little as I have reason to peruse it. My scale isn't accurate enough to get...
After browsing some emperors profiles, I'm guessing this could be Arcadius? If so, would this be a tresmissis? Or what other denominations of gold...
I'm cataloging an estate with a slew of Roman, Constantine, & Crusader coins, which are a bit outside of my usual focus. I recognized a few As...
Thanks. I'll check that out under the scope and see if it matches with better pics.
Yeah, they were rushing to make them and quality control apparently took a back seat to mass production. But, I like the die cracks as they make...
How are the die cracks on these mass produced Morgan's tracked? Do they have VAM numbers, or are die crack states assigned another catalogue code?...
I'd suggest at least 48 hours in cool distilled water before anything else. I've had some luck with acetone, but you don't need to soak it for...
I picked out a 2002 & a 2006 Brittania that both seem to be reverse proof designs (a 2013 is shown for comparison). Are these included in the...
2 of the Morgans in that pic came from the "nice" tray. Any guesses which ones?
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