I just wondering if the ditiosulfatoargentate could have been removed by soaking the coin in distilled water, and then gently using a soft...
Here's an imitation drachm, possibly Arabian, that I purchased post-auction last year. Arabia(?), uncertain mint AR Drachm. Circa 4th-2nd century...
That's a nice addition to your library. Another useful reference is The Roman Emperors, by Michael Grant For historical fiction, I Claudius...
Fundamentally we are in a public health emergency worldwide. We need to be patient and considerate for the health and safety of others. Coins...
Say $500 max. Feasible?
Thanks. I bookmarked the thread. I think you're right. The obverse is really too nice for the coin to be an imitation, although some imitations...
Are there any recommendations for a good digital camera for photographing coins that is not too expensive? Thanks
Or perhaps pi-4? The central tendril is fairly long, longer than pi-3. However, the flan does not show signs of having been folded. Is that a...
The raised spots could be die rust. The flat areas of the coin are somewhat rough, but was probably the original surface of the flan before...
Here's a coin purchased back in 2017 from VCoins. It was listed as an Athenian tetradrachm from the period of 353-294 BCE, and the obverse...
The portrait sort of looks like an attempt to copy one of Caracalla.
Both coins are very nice examples. Clearly two engravers were involved. The portrait on the first coin is less skillfully done, same for the...
That's a very interesting coin. The Romans, upon seeing this coin likely exclaimed "Oh my Goth!" Could the engraver's intention be to suggest...
That's a really nice portrait of Probus on the second coin.
This coin was posted before. It is a Parthinian tetradrachm of Orodes II, Seleukia on the Tigris, 57-38 BCE. The reverse commemorates his...
Those are wonderful examples.
The flan is very odd, looks machine-made. Odd modeling, ditto for the letters of the legend. That line below the M on the reverse is wrong....
I think one factor is inflation. Rome certainly experienced it, especially in the later years of the empire, resulting in increasingly debased...
A beautiful example.
Those are beautiful images of the solar system and cosmos.
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