Nice job on the LRB's. I said the letters looked tooled on the Hadrian because they don't look like the original letters from the era. Much...
I'd suggest an alternative meathod of cleaning if you're causing all the scratches and the tooling around the letters.
That's very light for an As. Someone will know it
The important part of the name has been scraped out. I think I read (IM)P CAES(....)RIANVS AVG Which makes me think Hadrian. Size and weight?
Hereˋs one from Domitian and his dad. [ATTACH] IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV CENS PER PP Radiate head right VIRTVTI AVGVSTI SC Virtus standing...
I won a coin at NN last month. Total was €55 plus € 8.20 commission and €20.63 DHL shipping. Grand total €83.83. Not a large amount by any...
I've never had reason to use OCRE so can't say. Sorry.
Here are prices realized in the last year or so...
I use my RIC II (Vespasian-Domitian) almost every day. It is invaluable for confirming references. Buy the volume(s) you would use the most.
A grail coin indeed!
To me that just looks like different lighting and photography, not an applied patina. With some color correction in Photoshop I could get the...
It's always fun when that happens. Good eye to find the match. Several years ago I was looking for a portrait Julius Caesar. A Vcoins dealer...
I'm not saying they're wrong. Surprising since it is a plate coin. Been seen by a lot of experienced people.
Both those Pertinax coins in the current auction have been through some pretty expereinced hands with some very long pedigrees
Real sand patina is neither sand nor patina...it's dirt. By carefully cleaning off the dirt you can highlight the devices. Do some dealers add...
An outstanding addition Donna. Fantastic provenance too. I have two provenances that go back over 100 years [ATTACH] IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG...
Here's what I heard back from Robert at Calgary Coin (quoted with his permission): "Interesting. Not sure if they failed to read the evidence of...
My first impression is it's not authentic. The style of the letters looks off to me. Just my opinion. Hopefully I'm wrong. I have two...
Fantastic coins David. Amazing additions. I was seconds away from buying the DEVICTA, glad you got it!
This is lot 850 https://www.biddr.com/auctions/biganumismatics/browse?a=2140&l=2357918 Which is also not Maximianus nor the coin you posted.
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