Very beautiful coin!
That seems about right, considering the other aureus was in better shape. Whew! Wonder who bought it. Crazy when you start calculating things...
[ATTACH] Next, another coin connected with a New Testament figure
Ha, I have the same setup. I love it! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I have moved on from the Digi-Key organizer. This album works great. It makes the...
Is that what they call Boscoreale toning? Beautiful coin, as always!
[ATTACH] Next: your favorite Roman coin (explain why!)
Yes, that's sort of what I was thinking. You can almost see the faintest "P" on the edge. Thanks!
Lately I've been working at attributing and researching some LRB coins. I think I've got this one down good, but my only question is the mintmark....
Your guess was correct! I heard back from Dr. Dieterle this morning. She confirmed that it was from the January 2008 issue of Money Trend, and she...
Beautiful coin!
That is pretty much how this newbie feels about smoothing too. If it's not overdone, I don't think it's that big a deal. Tooling, on the other...
Hard not to applaud it in some sense...but...those coins! Used - as - jewelry??! :bigtears:
This is fascinating! I had no idea that some Roman coins were still in circulation over a thousand years later. I though the Chinese cash coins...
Nice coin. I don't have an Agrippa denarius, but I do have this: [ATTACH]
I recently bought this "budget" version of an iconic ancient Greek coin. Good detail for the money IMO (~ $60 - 70) [ATTACH]
You may be on to something there. I don't know if I can access such an old article though.
If you are stumped that is not a good sign! :confused: I just finished emailing my question to Dr. Dieterle, so hopefully I will soon know the...
That is a very nice example!
Thanks @DonnaML & @Victor_Clark ! Any idea what the "mt . . ." reference is? Or is it part of the BMCRE/Cohen references? The semicolon seems to...
One of my favorite coins in my collection is this Tiberius denarius: [ATTACH] I bought it from Dr Martina Dieterle on her VCoins store. Her...
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