Let me introduce "Mr.Tooly" [ATTACH] This was the nickname given to this example on another board. It looks as though a flat slug was taken and...
Tooling refers to the use of tools to engrave or smooth a coin in order to make it appear to be something better or more valuable than it really is.
I would not buy a coin if I knew it had been tooled at all. I am wary of "smoothing" too. Martin
Bizarrely I find myself in a similar situation to Doug. I bought a couple of later Rome mint issues when I started out especially with BRIT...
That's a very nice example. As you know I have an unhealthy soft spot for these. Especially Probus ones. Here is my own example of this type and...
Here are the same issue coins from Licinius I and Crispus. These were part of my original collection that was disposed of some time back. Both...
Slabbed ancients are a real mixed bag. Your regularly see ancients slabbed by some of the larger agencies where the description and attribution is...
Sicily, Leontini, Silver Obol Obv:– Facing lion's scalp Rev:- LE-ON, Barley grain Minted in Leontini, Sicily. 476 - 466 BC. Reference:–...
Lysimachos, Silver drachm Obv:– Head of Herakles right clad in lion's head headdress. Rev:– BASILEWS LUSIMACOU, Zeus seated left on throne, eagle...
Septimius Severus denarius Obv:– SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right Rev:– LAETITIA above, TEMPORVM below, ship with mast and fittings, sail...
Probus Obv:– IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, Radiate draped and cuirassed bust right Rev:– P M TRI P COS II P P, Lion walking right, holding thunderbolt...
I am late to the game but I have a few lions. Caracalla Silver Tetradrachm Obv:- AYT K M A - ANTWNINOC - CEN, Laureate head right Rev:- DHMARX EX...
My understanding is that on the CONSTANTINOPOLIS coin it is considered to be a representation of the city of Constantinopolis and not Roma,...
Hmmm. I have never thought about counting them this way (or counting them at all to be honest). Let me have a look. Doesn't include uncleaned...
Thanks for all the replies. I just thought I would complete the thread by showing the other two LRB I bought at the same time. Having chosen the...
This was my own 70 gram example. 70.23g, 41.93mm. [ATTACH]
I looked at this one myself. I was put of the enlarged images by small areas that look as though it has been cleaned back to the bare metal. I...
This one arrived today. Now these really have some presence in hand. I know it is small compared to many other Ptolemaic bronzes but it is still...
Whilst she isn't too difficult to obtain her coins often have their faults. These may be flatness of strike, uneven strike, die clogging etc....
I have mentioned that I am always tempted by Tetrachy folles. They are very tactile. I came across a few with decent silvering remaining and...
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