Thanks for the great write-up. It amazes me that you can decipher the legends on coins like this.
That's exactly what it looks like!
This is my scale, also a Fuzion: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L8ZVVRM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . I recommend it.
For coins with no weight information? To confirm the dealer information? For doing specific gravity tests?
Thank you so much! And yes, I do still read French pretty well. Although slowly; it's been more than 45 years since I studied it in high school....
I recently bought a Probus antoninianus from the Serdica (now Sofia, Bulgaria) Mint, 4th emission (according to Karl Pink, I believe). It's my...
I didn't follow the link to the one posted, but I would suggest that you buy a digital scale that measures in 100ths of a gram rather than only...
Helios on Rhodian coins = the Colossus of Rhodes? I admit that I never knew that.
Congratulations to @Alegandron! I suspect that at least 1,000 of those likes are mine, just in the year I've been here.
He sent me an invoice before the coin the first time I bought anything at one of his auctions. Beginning with the second time, he has sent me the...
What a gorgeous coin! Did you already know about the statue when you bought it?
Isn't the next one supposed to be the Colussus of Rhodes?
Thanks for pinpointing it to one of his emails. I was able to find it in his Jan. 19 email: "This sale includes the last installment of ancient...
Aurelian, silvered AE Antoninianus, 274-75 AD, Cyzicus Mint. Obv. Radiate cuirassed bust right, IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG/ Rev. woman stdg. right...
Someone said in another thread the other day that they heard that this might be Frank's final sale before he retires. I don't see anything on his...
LOL.
You can check the final results on his website at http://www.fsrcoin.com/115.htm.
Wow. That nose of Nero's. I don't think the engraver liked him very much!
I think I got there first! So, another Roman provincial -- from Nero.
Nero, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 12 (65/66 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Radiate bust of Nero with aegis, right, ΝΕΡΩ ΚΛΑV ΚΑΙΣ ΣΕΒ ΓΕΡ / Rev....
Separate names with a comma.
