One of my last purchases of 2020 [ATTACH] Galba (July AD 68-January AD 69). AR denarius (17mm, 3.46 gm, 5h). Rome. IMP SER GALBA-CAESAR AVG,...
The rainbow toning comes from contact with sulfur. A lot of the canvas bank bags, Wayte Raymond holders contained sulfur. It forms a thin film...
Thanks for your opinion. I try to balance the fullness of the legends with the portrait when deciding if a coin is attractive. I'm willing to...
This is very interesting thanks for explaining this. At what point would you consider it to be a flan issue vs a biproduct of the minting process...
It can be disappointing when you find a coin with a portrait style you like, but the coin's surface or edges appear to have issues. Many times I...
You and I both had a similar idea for a good thread. Just saw this thread after I posted a post your favorite denarius. Anyway, it’s tough choice...
delete, duplicate thread, apologies
thanks for explaining. Interesting that the live auction would be online
Do you know if the sale itself will be a live auction? Usually when they’re electronic only we have a better chance
Is anyone participating in the Fall Kunker auction? Some beautiful pieces are up for auction My question to those those who have bid before, is...
The auctions have been commanding very strong prices. And when you finally win a coin, and pay the inflated prices, you’re slapped with a 20%...
Can't speak on this particular auction's prices per say, but since March, every auction I have participated in I have either witnessed or paid...
Beautiful fine style portrait. Congrats!
Here’s another different portrait of Galba. With curly hair now [ATTACH]
That’s really interesting. Nice research!
Nice coin and style!
Been studying Galba denarii and have been researching examples to compare different portrait styles. It is interesting to see what some describe...
love the toning and strike! Beautiful coin thanks for sharing
Submitted this one for grading. Happy NGC recognized its particularly nice portrait and awarded it a star even though I’d call it fine style....
Not that I am surprised.. as far as the dmv is concerned: [ATTACH]
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