That's a great pick-up! I also love all the Gallus examples posted. Newest addition to my Fallen Horseman (FH) collection. (Seller photo, edited...
I'm curious to know what happened if anyone has won and then used acetone on the coins from Sol. I haven't bought any from them but I've noticed...
You have it correctly oriented. It's a figure standing or possibly another object on Mount Argaeus. Here's a similar image, albeit more detailed,...
Whoa, quite a pile! Here's my hacksilber collection: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] (Actually, only the first one was "hacked" in antiquity, the Denarii...
Do we know why these are given such a standardized style (4 cuts dividing the obverse into eight segments, with "gear shaped" serrations around...
Helena [ATTACH] Ex Dattari Collection of Late Roman Bronze Coins NEXT: Another Latin Lady
Great coin! Here's my only Abdication Follis (reverse legend QVIES AVG, Quies being the personification of retirement/voluntary abdication,...
Nice example of the "Emperor dragging captive type." That's one of the ones I collect for my "barbarians, captives, and enemies" collection. I...
Very nice provenance indeed! I would have trouble deciding between that and the Dupondius below... This is my newest Flavian and definitely my...
I hear ya -- but I'm sure you have right program in your phone and/or laptop or anything else. My phone & laptop are pretty old & I just use...
Also, for identifying uncleaned coins like these, another page that may help: https://www.tesorillo.com/aes/_rev/index1i.htm And, the one I...
#1 & #2 = Hard to determine emperor, because several struck the same time, and the ruler's name is missing from your obverses. Reverse type,...
Or, adjusting the second one quickly (mostly turning down shadows, brightness up, highlights down), and "horizontalizing" it: [ATTACH]
Horizontal photos might look better. (For coins and photos that aren't perfect, showing one side at a time can end up magnifying any problems too...
Depends on what's "affordable," of course, but I think there are some in almost any price range. I always recommend people go for common ones....
Happy to have helped! It is really cool. (One more below, so I think fourth now.) Your reply reminded me to double-check; sadly,...
REVERSE: It is either (1) Taras, the son of Poseidon (Neptune); or (2) Phalantos (alt: Phalanthos, Phalanthus), the supposed founder of the city...
This is very cool! This CONSTANS IVN was the first type posted in the FAC thread on unusual/rare GLORIA EX legends:...
Not a Roman coin. From Lydia, Sardes. That's Herakles on the obverse, Apollo on the reverse. The examples shown on ACSearch are better struck...
Very rare, apparently. Your specimen (ex Naumann 64 [1 Apr 2018], 17) may be the third example, all in commerce (seems like they could even have...
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