Looks like an antoninous of Claudius Gothicus. The radiate crown signifies the denomination as a "double denarius" or antoninous.
Like others have said, ancient gold hasn't been $50 for a while, though I did get a Byzantine gold in EF on Ebay a couple of years ago for $100....
This was the term I was told that is what happens when a field is pumped too quickly. Too quick of draining a field will drop the supported stone...
I live in the Minneapolis area. To be honest most of us just do mail order and shows. There are a couple of ancient dealers here, but not much....
I just don't agree Inflexion. You speak of inflation as if its some nefarious thing. Inflation, simply put, is price rise "of a basket of goods"...
I have seen these by the thousands, and own a hundred or so. They are effectively "pot metal" so fairly heavy in the hand but not as heavy as...
Well Loui you said you didn't have much in them, so just a lesson learned. Give them to kids or grandkids to play with. Maybe it will spur an urge...
Nice collection Siberian Man. Good to see US coins outside this country, its not that common. Makes me feel good since I have a lot of coins from...
No the pesos and 8 reales are false also. not as blatant as the US "things", but look closer and they are not close to die matches.
While the source makes me nervous, and I do not buy his predictions, nickels we currently use will have to be changed. When that happens gresham's...
We can disagree man, maybe we are boring people here. I will say that peak oil was predicted in the 70's, I read an article about it when I was...
Also, the only true "proto money" to be found in the Americas pre-columbian was from the Aztecs in Mexico. They had hoe money, copper in the shape...
I was gonin to say the same thing. All of these coins are available in large quantities from China. The quickest way for us to help you is for you...
Its a good diagnostic to look for, I agree, but lets look at some numbers. I think they struck about 50,000-100,000 cents with a die. Lets say...
Maybe I have been away from cents too long. Are you saying EVERY 14d has to have the same die crack to be authentic? They produced way too many of...
The radiate crown was used sporadically before antoninianus, but they were not associated with denominations necessarily. It was only when they...
Good answer, especially regarding the weight. Correct weight does not mean its good silver. I have seen fake silver coins, (lower quality), that...
Peak gas was predicted for 2013-2015 for US stocks 5-7 years ago, (cheap gas). International gas has always projected to ris, but this product is...
Interesting to know, thank you. I knew from reading it was a key in the first red books, but hadn't read about further back.
Actually, for the svdb they aren't. This is why there used to be miniscule difference in price between a VG and AU, or AU to BU. I think today the...
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