Yes, those are slugs. I don't even bother with trying to clean coins like that as they will never turn out nicely. There's an old saying-- garbage...
I was on acsearch trying to figure out a price for a Probus coin and was surprised by how ridiculous the prices have been for similar types in the...
the size of the coin is almost always in the description
check out the Lighthouse albums...I have hundreds divided into three albums. [ATTACH]
You should start with something that interests you. Were you in the Navy or perhaps just like ships, well there are lots of galley issues. Do you...
That naval jelly thing is just supposition. I'm sure he does something to his silver coins the same as he applies desert patina to bronze coins....
"Not in RIC" only covers RIC VI and VII
I have a few of these anonymous issues. [ATTACH] Ostrogoths, Municipal Coinage Æ 40 Nummi. Rome, AD 526-534. INVICTA ROMA, draped bust of Roma...
Oops, a lazy copy and paste error. I also didn't put in the field marks. The attribution is correct though...thanks for pointing it out, now I...
Thanks everyone for the comments. I just realized I only posted 2 coins that are not in RIC and decided to post my top 10 "Not in RIC" that did...
I had a good year collecting; which made it tough to pick a "top ten." The first coin below is easily my coin of the year though. It's a unique...
[ATTACH] Valerian I A.D. 254- 255 AR Antoninianus 20x22mm 3.1gm IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. FELICITAS...
120 EUR
As I said, it looks like a crude attempt to make a die. check out the below video starting around 2:00 [MEDIA]
it's neither ancient nor a coin. it looks like someone made a coin die.
I have added these three fantastic unofficial issues to my collection this month. [ATTACH] Constantine I, circa 318-319. Follis (Bronze, 18 mm,...
Your coin is from Thessalonica; which, when this coin was struck, was controlled by Licinius...so it probably says more about Licinius than it...
Your mintmark looks like ANZ with the Z engraved over something, correcting some engraving error.
Separate names with a comma.
