Thank you. Everyone's comments in this thread -- yours not least! -- have been extremely educational. I realize now, in a way that I clearly...
Thanks. Makes sense to me. Just a reminder that it's not actually my coin; just a coin that I saw on Facebook. Everyone here seems to agree...
Thanks! Good to know that my eyes weren't deceiving me.
All I have is my own Gallienus doe reverse coin, obviously struck from different dies. [ATTACH]
It also makes sense to me that wear on the coin itself would be more likely to show on high points rather than lower areas. (I'm not sure which...
That makes practical sense, although it doesn't explain what the seller says, of course.
The other day, I noticed these photos of a Gallienus zoo coin -- the kind with a doe looking backwards -- recently sold on Facebook, which the...
I scrolled through some of the hundreds of references, and get the general idea. He is apparently known for being very wealthy and for "sniping"...
I belong to that group as well, although I don't post there nearly as much as I do here, where there's at least a vague cloak of anonymity!...
May I assume that the reason nobody has answered my question is that people agree with me that there's a reverse die match between my coin and the...
Thanks for this very illuminating explanation and illustrations. Do you know if there are photos anywhere online that show the features of the...
Like what?
A Nero denarius I bought in one of Frank S. Robinson's recent auctions: Nero AR denarius, 64-65 AD Rome Mint. Obv. Laureate head right, NERO...
Congratulations! And a wonderful gift to yourself, too.
What do CNG's auction terms and conditions say about keeping proxy bids confidential?
Thanks.
According to the Woytek & Butcher article quoted above, 75% of the Trajan camel drachms have what they call obverse bust type "f," which they...
The authors of the article I quote above suggest that this provincial drachm was designed in Rome. In fact, later in the article, they suggest...
This is what the 2015 Woytek & Butcher article surmises (at p. 127 of the journal issue containing the article*) as the reason for the mysterious...
Thanks!
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