Come to the dark side ... ... where coins are gleefully cracked out of slabs ... where every coin has been dug up out of the ground and has been...
Lovely coin! Congratulations! Who's the dealer? Was it @TIF ? Because that looks like a TIF photo. :joyful:
That's a very legitimate objection to the tongs theory, and some have proposed that the tongs weren't used to carry the flans, but only to test...
Hi, all. I'm an ancient collector and am unfamiliar with the modern world coin market, so I'm asking for help here. Do you know where I might...
That's possible, though I disagree. I think it's most likely a genuine coin, but one that is very worn from circulation and harshly cleaned,...
I agree with @gsimonel that wear on the Licinius reverse die makes the celator's style look worse than it is. When it comes to style in the...
Those are lovely coins and it sounds like you got a great deal on them! I'd be happy to own any of them.
While googling "head john baptist coin" I came across this 1742 Tarì coin of the Knights Hospitaller, depicting the head of Saint John the Baptist...
Great idea, @dougsmit , and I did just that. See:...
In the October 1992 issue of The Celator (p. 4), Marvin Tameanko proposed that the indentations on Roman provincial coins ("centration dimples")...
I think it's interesting that such a venerable institution should have such a high percentage of low-grade and unattractive sestertii!
A new acquisition: [ATTACH] Maximinus II Daza, AD 309-313, as Augustus Roman Æ follis;21 mm, 4.88 g, 12 h Antioch, AD 312 Obv: IMP C GAL VAL...
Nice one!
Those are some bizarre denominations and I wonder if they might also have been used for money changing.
Oh, man! Wishing you a speedy and complete recovery!
Nice info to know about the Varbonov plate coin. My guess is--based upon the breaks in the inscription--that the AMNG (Pick) coin (no photo) is an...
Hair-wise, yes. But chin-wise, as far as looking like Jay Leno goes, you can't beat Maximinus Thrax! [ATTACH]
Intriguing little coin! I don't have a single quinarius to show. I'll certainly be on the lookout for one!
I know I only recently posted this coin, but I just love it. Let me tell you why! (Feel free, as always, to post anything you feel is relevant)...
That's a nice coin. And you can't have too many Gordies. No matter how many you have, there's always another you don't.
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