It going to be tough to collect large, rare Ancient coins and stay in the $300 or less range. What about the family of Constantine? You could...
Looked briefly at the blog but was unable to find exactly which areas you're referring to. His blog covers many areas.
Don't wait forever! Get a nice, pretty, but cheap Gordian III. Then after you recover, you'll want a heavy weight 1st century AD one....
My heaviest, weighing in at 276.94 (I don't know how they got the .94) is a Wheel-type Aes Grave As. However, it's not ugly but is spectacularly...
Well don't look at me for future presents, my avatar coin is actually a bronze medallion of Claudius II tho my user name here is Gallienus....
Sulla portrait denarii are historically important as Sulla was a Dictator who ruled the Roman Republic from 82-79 BC according to David Vagi. I...
Babbitt metal appears to be largely tin (Sn) + other metals: maybe lead or copper. If largely tin, that metal is quite light 7.31 g/cc while...
I have both the Sulla portrait issue, struck by his nephew/or grandson in 54 BC + the non-portrait issued by Sulla himself ca. 99 or 100 BC....
I have a couple, one of my nicer ones is as follows. I lived for 3 years in Sao Paulo, Brasil (Brazil in US language) and am a member of the...
I can't find any tooling on the reverse either. Heck I can't even find the reverse picture. Mega Slabs: wondering if NGC would slab my...
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It's very well struck. Could be an impaired proof like the others here have mentioned.
Surfaces are a little weird, hard to tell from online pix. I'd go for AU-58.
I went with EF-40 due to the detail in the drapery. I have an 1806 but only in a vg or fine. This one is much prettier. One day after all the...
Was the blackness caused by the Great Fire? It's a shame I was outbid on that 1 WildPerson (must use correct terminology these days) that I tried...
Hi & thanks for the info ToughCOINS Yes, I know that the coins are counterfeits. My question is: What reason did the seller give for not...
Clarify please.
Never find a coin like that in a 62 slab today. They were probably all broken out and resubmitted in the likely hope of getting a higher grade....
Very interesting article. It shows the role that the silver coins played in the local economies. Strange that these once very common coins would...
To clarify, I have noticed the color change at the knee, however, haven't seen any trace of metal disturbance or friction there. The color change...
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