I've been working up attribution for a Domitian As I just obtained (time has been unkind to it). It appears to be a fairly common coin, but as I...
I'm just guessing here, but I wonder if ancient coin auctions at this level take on the characteristics of a fine art auction. An antoninianus...
I really like that countermark - I notice Commagene coins got countermarked a lot, even in the Provincial period. I'll keep my eyes peeled! As...
Well, I've been doing some web surfing on these two new coins and found some things that interest me - thought I'd toss them out there. CNG had...
Very interesting! Along the same lines, I read somewhere once - and I don't recall where, unfortunately - that in rural Spain, very worn Roman...
Great coin and great write-up, JG - I am keeping this post in my Commodus info file for future reference. Please keep 'em coming. I am really...
I am conditionally excited about this, in a too-good-to-be-true way. Sometimes I troll through eBay's "Antiquities" section looking for coins -...
I'm no expert at this sort of thing, but I believe a generic answer would go something like this: Modern pennies are machine-struck from hubbed...
Gosh Ken, your definition of "humble" is, in my collection, FDC! A very attractive coin - the scowling portrait is fantastic. I have several...
That's a good idea, Ryro. It's been so harshly stripped I'm surprised anything survived! I will bathe it and see what happens.
I am reviving this old thread because I recently bought an example of the OP, and if it weren't for this post, I think I would've failed in my...
You guys have some really terrific examples. Thanks for sharing them. It does make you wonder if there wasn't a certain amount of monetary chaos...
I started in on Byzantines in 2013 and I thought it would be real difficult - to be sure there are challenges, but there is a lot of information...
I know this has been done before, but I just got these two Faustina I AEs and I was struck by how different they were, doing a better job than...
I love cell phone photos - especially on eBay auctions. Many times the image quality is poor so that nice coins go really cheap. Scanners...
That is pretty funny! Here is another Onion piece about vases at the Met - read down to the last, sad sentence about coins (and museums):...
It looks good to me too, but it is a bit light. A photo of the edge might be of help. It is an interesting series - there are many variations...
Great looking coins here. I only have one from Aquileia (if my attribution is right). Constantine Chlorus: [ATTACH] Constantius I Chlorus as...
I am reviving my own thread because I just got another antoninianus from what has been described as an issue of Philip the Arab's military mint...
A most unusual and attractive coin. I've only been collecting countermarked ancients for a couple years now, so I don't know a lot. I've looked...
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