Lookin' good @galba68
Well here is a Decius with Abundantia holding a cornucopia - which seems appropriate for the day. I am thankful for family and friends, and the...
Very nice idea @Deacon Ray ! I'm afraid my graphic design skills leave a bit to be desired. But you'll pull it off with flying colors.
I'm beginning to think I might have guessed wrong.
Billon Tetradrachm of Alexandria [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'll be skiing in Switzerland.
Kind of a shame.
As I intimated in my post I no longer use olive oil. And in general I stay away from uncleaned coins, though it was a fun way to get back into the...
Could be Aurelius or Verus, I am guessing but I can't really make out the obverse legend.
Fake.
Really like the papyrus/parchment effect. Great presentation. It reminds me of a show I watched last night on the Essenes and the Dead Sea scrolls...
Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus from Hagia Sophia. [IMG]
Don't have a sestertius of M. Aurelius, surely someone does.
I'm waiting to participate in my next auction. Until then I'm browsing the fixed-price lists on M-A shops and Vcoins. Looking for more Roman Egypt...
I have used the olive oil soak method on late roman bronzes. It works well to soften dirt encrustations, and after soaking for a few months I was...
Cool find and they are also in excellent condition.
Here is the coin in question. Mine was almost a die match, but a cast fake. This is a real example. [IMG]
Great write-up and nice coin. I have one crusader coin - a denier of Bohemund of Tripolis but it turned out to be a cast fake.
Arcadius AE4: $3.00 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] More cheap coins under $10!
My coin was attributed as Nemesis...I used Wildwinds, however there may be more variants. Geta, AE28 of Nikopolis ad Istrum. AVT K Π CEΠ ΓETAC...
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