Beautiful coin!
That is pretty much how this newbie feels about smoothing too. If it's not overdone, I don't think it's that big a deal. Tooling, on the other...
Hard not to applaud it in some sense...but...those coins! Used - as - jewelry??! :bigtears:
This is fascinating! I had no idea that some Roman coins were still in circulation over a thousand years later. I though the Chinese cash coins...
Nice coin. I don't have an Agrippa denarius, but I do have this: [ATTACH]
I recently bought this "budget" version of an iconic ancient Greek coin. Good detail for the money IMO (~ $60 - 70) [ATTACH]
You may be on to something there. I don't know if I can access such an old article though.
If you are stumped that is not a good sign! :confused: I just finished emailing my question to Dr. Dieterle, so hopefully I will soon know the...
That is a very nice example!
Thanks @DonnaML & @Victor_Clark ! Any idea what the "mt . . ." reference is? Or is it part of the BMCRE/Cohen references? The semicolon seems to...
One of my favorite coins in my collection is this Tiberius denarius: [ATTACH] I bought it from Dr Martina Dieterle on her VCoins store. Her...
For what it's worth, I notice that there is another Cassius Longinus Vesta on VCoins with even more pronounced "wrinkles": [ATTACH]
A Trio of Trajan - Super budget: $ [ATTACH] Medium budget $$ [ATTACH] Non-budget: $$$ [ATTACH]
@paschka That's a nice one, by the way. It's got a good portrait of the hard-bitten old general, with his name clearly legible. I like it! They...
Commemorative As struck under Caligula in honor of his grandfather Marcus Agrippa: Online Coins of the Roman Empire: RIC I (second edition)...
Ancient Chinese? Very cool piece! How old is it?
I know this is a passionate subject, and I'm not saying who's right and who's wrong. But could we at least please move this discussion somewhere else?
I find they have a certain appeal. Maybe it's just the balance and symmetry of the design, or maybe it's just a nice change from the usual...
I purchased this coin recently in a group lot. Although it's in very nice condition (much better-looking than my lousy photos indicate) it's...
Very nice coin!
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