You can put the coin in a bowl of sulphuric acid. If it bubbles and dissolves, it was an authentic one.
I was myself held at gunpoint too, twice. One time in the Syrian desert (the guys suspected me of being some Israeli spy, but in the end they...
How does it look nicer: with or without slab? #freelucius [ATTACH]
I am convinced there are less safety risks touring Egypt than attending high school in some Western countries. The biggest concern in Egypt IMO is...
It must be the only Egyptian pharaoh whose portrait is on an ancient coin ! Do you have one? I don't, and I'll try to get one!
I didn't try this, looks like a good idea, thanks! Next time I go to Rome i'll do it.
Rome, Athens, Lugdunum, Alexandria are today large and crowded cities, in which you still can see remains of what they were in Antiquity. Others...
J.G.Milne (NC 7.3/4 (1947)) thinks this obverse die is for Valerian (obv. legend E, p.105). [ATTACH] in fact one can read IMPCAERASLLOVNAHIAC it...
Collecting coins in slabs is like permanently hoard one's jewels in a safe and only wear glass copies.
There must be a mistake in the description and identification. This antoninianus is not the Venus Felix type (RIC V Salonina 7) as described, but...
[ATTACH] Domitian, quadrans, basket full of corn ears. Next : a quadrans
I don't think the Britannia of the 19th to 20th c. British pence is inspired by the Britannia we can see on Roman coins. The real inspiration for...
Gerostratos of Arados could have defended his city with some secret weapon : [ATTACH] [ATTACH] but the other cities were doomed: Byblos'...
Internet and the availability of databases like CoinArchives or ACSearch have made numismatic studies enter a new era...
Rhinos... On Roman coins there is only one rhino-type yes, showing the African rhinoceros displayed in the Colosseum during lavish games organized...
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Features are not sharp enough, especially the praetorians, and the patina is typically artificial... this coin looks like a cast fake.
Historically this photorealistic bust is questionable, to say the least... It is inspired by a bust of "Nero" in a Roman museum, but this bust is...
Are camels so rare in ancient coinage? The oldest ones are on rare Arabo-Philistine silver obols of the Persian period (4th c. BC) showing a...
[ATTACH] Nero's neckbeard [ATTACH]Gallienus' neckbeard
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