That is a great looking coin! Here is one I won from the same auction, arrived today: [ATTACH]
I believe he is referring to the seller "Incitatus Coins" on VCoins. They use a similar red background for their listing photos.
@Gam3rBlake That's my kind of Otho! Very nice! Someday when I've saved enough I'll get one. I was watching an Otho denarius on a recent CNG...
Plus the extraordinary historical significance of being the first bi-metallic coinage system in history! The rapidity of artistic development on...
That's a very beautiful little coin! Congrats!
It's a far cry from the OP's coin (and all the other beauties posted here), but here is my best representation: [ATTACH]
I've got 77a: [ATTACH] Next: more OB CIVIS SERVATOS
That's really neat. I've never seen anything like it!
One of my favorites: [ATTACH] Next, a provincial of his successor.
My first coin of the three "rare" A.D. 68/69 Emperors came today. Cleaned with a belt sander! :nailbiting: [ATTACH] Jokes aside though, I'm...
Very true. Fortunately, we have the internet! No need now to drive around trying to find a local shop specializing in ancients. ;)
But there are lots of dealers who specialize in ancients. VCoins is a good place to go for that: every dealer on VCoins is obliged to guarantee...
100%. I don't see how you could get much closer to a "guarantee of authenticity" than you already get with NGC. They have ancient coin experts who...
If you buy from a reputable dealer, you should be pretty safe. Let them do the hard work for you! :)
Here is my current set-up: [ATTACH] (Ironically, sorry for the poor picture quality.) I took a square piece of plywood and mounted a wooden...
I think Inisder's stuff is in the brackets.
Lots of beautiful collections here! Some of my representatives of the Julio-Claudians: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That is really interesting, and some good detective work too!
Very cool!
Here is something a little random. I finally got around to taking photos of my Chinese coins. The problem was with the hole in the middle. For...
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