I didn't vote because the options are not right. The question should be if it is "genuine" or "fake", not "smoothed and tooled, but genuine" or...
The book "Los Sestercois del Imperio Romano" illustrates five examples of this type. To my eye, they all look much different that the OP example....
True. My opinion of the volume of extant ancient coinage and its typical condition changed dramatically when I spent a few months in England with...
They look good enough to all be keepers. Nice pickup!
First of all, I want to remind the reader that there are exceptions to generalizations, and this post is full of generalizations. (And, it is...
I added numerous ancient imitations from my collection to my sale page of imitations (genuine ancient coins that were counterfeits in their day):...
Terence, those examples are gorgeous! Not only is the original artwork excellent, the dies were fresh and the preservation is superb. You have a...
The OP type could start a thread on "largest head for the flan size". [ATTACH] 19 mm. The head is so large it leaves no room for any legend and...
Mithradates II of Parthia (123-88 BC) : [ATTACH] 22-21 mm. 4.20 grams. Sellwood 26.2. Shore 78. Mint of Ecbatana
I started a thread (perhaps unwelcome) by the title "Prices can go down" https://www.cointalk.com/threads/prices-can-go-down.297348/
One possible thread here would be to post a coin you bought this year for 1/2 what it sold for five years ago. Prices and venues were being...
Some people argue that auctions are higher priced and others argue that vcoins is higher priced. I limit my thoughts to auctions from coin...
The OP had a helmet only type, as well as a type with Athena in a helmet. Helmet only types are much less common. Here is a small one: [ATTACH]...
I don't understand how this is compatible with the countermark @dougsmit showed I have the countermark on a coin commonly attributed to Datames...
Mine has the type of @Mikey Zee 's, but not the quality. [ATTACH] The two deep test cuts managed to avoid the the key parts of the type. The...
I own it and used to use it, but it was published long ago as an outline and working draft. It has been superseded. Use RIC. A few years ago I...
When anyone posts coins, they should include the diameter, unless the denomination and its size is well known. The size comparison with the finger...
@TIF, I love the writeup and it is definitely a fabulous coin. I can't show anything remotely like it (but wish I could!).
I'd like posters to (always) give the diameters of the coins they illustrate. Images by themselves are not enough to tell how big a coin is...
Thanks for the excellent post with the story of the fall of Constantinople. The coin is a super prize.
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