LOL. I like the analogy, but I prefer an American one: I consider myself an aging Double-A collector, who will never make Triple-A, let alone the...
I'm sorry to hear that. I think the answer is, "it depends." For example, Augustus's coins never showed him aging at all. Others -- especially...
Then why do you ask people here to spend their time giving the answer? Why not just explain your reasoning and conclusions, and tell us the extent...
I noticed that too -- it looks almost like it was deliberate, to make room for the wingtip!
Glad to hear it.
Don't you ever try to look up the coins you buy to find out more about them, including date, catalog number, symbolism, historical allusions,...
Gordian III AR Denarius, 240 AD [TRP III]. Obv. Laureate head right, IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG / Rev. Gordian on horseback left, holding spear...
My apologies. I knew it had something to do with kings! But of course it has to do with collecting at an elite level. Who else flies around the...
None of this is practically relevant to the majority of us who aren't "serious" collectors, given that I strongly suspect that what "serious"...
I think some of you might find it interesting to read the views of one dealer on acceptable vs. unacceptable practices with respect to...
From Numiswiki: S. R. appears on the field of certain coins, about the time of Constantine, signifying Salus Romanorum or Spes Reipublicae....
I disagree. I wouldn't make accusations like that without evidence. It's certainly not true for artificial desert patina; only a limited number of...
Does the seller's name begin with an "A" or a "Z"? Because those happen to be the two sellers best-known for applying fake "desert" patina. (And...
Oh, please. That's "slamming"? Don't be so dramatic.
I don't think any proof is required. She has told me she's trans and newly '"out," and absent proof to the contrary, which nobody here has, I...
@scottishmoney, it may be a moot point given that you've put @Gam3rBlake on ignore, but regardless of what you think of her or her posts, please...
My one coin of Constantius I Chlorus. Same type as the one @Al Kowsky posted, although I'm not sure I'd call it "brutish"! Constantius I Chlorus...
Constantius II Caesar (son of Constantine I), silvered billon centenionalis, Trier Mint (2nd Officina) 326 AD. Obv. laureate, draped and cuirassed...
If I were you, I wouldn't concede that there could ever be a valid reason for insulting me!
I spent 35+ years arguing for a living. I didn't retire from all that just so I could do it here for free! I will if I have to -- as when someone...
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