They look authentic to me.
Humble As of Augustus [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
cogito ergo sum
Wal-Mart for coins? Now that is crazy. Won't be shopping for coins there anytime soon.
Happy Birthday Randy!
I have never heard of any verified coinage of Achilleus, while both tetradrachms and folles of Domitius are rare but can be acquired. To me it is...
I have never tried to bring coins/antiquities with me when departing a country and getting back home, and I've been to Turkey, Jordan, Israel,...
Antinous PB Tessera - 4.57g, 19mm Alexandria, Egypt. Circa 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Obverse: Antinous on horseback right, wearing hem-hem crown and...
That was a steal. The guy who knows nothing about ancients shouldn't have negotiated. But I'm sure you are glad that he did. Congrats on the find!
This is my favorite Titus (disclaimer: it is my only Titus so far) Titus, A.D. 79-81 Billon Tetradrachm, 25mm, 9.3 grams, 12h EGYPT,...
Cool first-year coin. To me, it looks a bit more like Pertinax - the reputedly "legitimate" ruler before Didius.
I bid on one that went for 4x what I was willing to pay.
True enough, and very cool. That gold solidus or denarius you are holding in your hand had its origin inside of an exploding star billions of...
I'm a mod on an astronomy forum and Betelgeuse remains a hot-topic. So yeah, I hope it explodes and casts a shadow in the daytime. That would be...
I had a hemidrachm of Caesarea in Cappadocia of Titus in my old collection, probably about 1 gram in weight and tiny. Similar to this coin. (I...
Another with a star (and moon, to boot) [ATTACH]
Welcome to Coin Talk. That is a good example of a Carinus tetradrachm of Alexandria. One further point about your coin in an economic sense is...
Julian II with stars above bull. If the bull represents Taurus as some folks believe, rather than the Apis bull, it is only a short distance from...
[ATTACH] Well here's one that no one has seen before!!!
Nice coins all. Surprisingly I have no coins of Vesta yet.
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