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Spew out the nose......
xDirty: If the Janus/Prow coin turns out to be genuine (it looks it), it is worth more than what you paid for the entire lot. Most of the others...
Generally I would say where there is one fake the others are suspect as well. The Byzantine is most certainly a fake. The Roman Republic...
I'm always on the lookout for a nice FH type, but rarely find any. Good thing I didn't see this one. Congrats.
Perhaps so, but my pet peeve is the seller of fakes that are so good they are meant to fool even the seasoned collector (i.e.,...
MM = Magnus Maximus
Wouldn't you love to see this coin before time and the elements got to it?
Love the detail on all three. Perhaps I need to get mine out and learn to appreciate them once again.
You know it's good detail when the fletching on the arrow is still visible.
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Congrats on finding this coin and it's a good looking one to boot.
Ya gotta love a language where words can be combined to make a single word. Weak strike is the translation.
You do not need to buy the set of books. Most on-line references will quote a reference when identifying a coin. Although they can be wrong and...
Man, I missing all the fun. :bucktooth:
Not a problem and welcome. First off, do you know RIC (Roman Imperial Coinage). If not, it is a go to index of Roman coins and is quoted often...
Forum has a couple for sale at $33:...
The least expensive of the the three was $3 while the most expensive was only $20. Be patient. There will be more to come along at affordable...
It's a living language. A fun thing to do is to put several words together to make one word.
Yours is actually listed as rare. According to Helvetica's table, it is listed as ANS 1944-100-36387; ERIC 116; Gorny & Mosch Auction 107, 2002...
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