I'm 58 and picked up my first ancient, a fairly common Victorinus ant way back in junior high school. At that time I figured only rich people...
Xlrcable beat me to it.
+1 on Valentinians comment. Any way to make the images larger and "pop" might grab a potential readers attention.
If the Chinese coins are fakes they will have a ferrous core with a thin silver wash or cladding. If you put a magnet on them and it sticks, they...
Bobby 89, Try a magnet on those chinese coins. There are a lot of fakes out there.
Paul M., Would I have bought the coin if I had known it had been worked on? More than likely not but, it will stay in my collection. What I can...
As a relative newcomer to ancients I had no real point of reference or example of tooling and smoothing although I had heard about it. One of my...
Stevex6, Yes, this is an all ancient Spain extravaganza
This is a thread I've been waiting for. Ran across it this morning at a cafe near my office and almost had to turn around and go home to post a...
Ancientone, I would not miss this party for the world and will toss in my only provincial bronze: Faustina Junior, 147-175 AD Thrace, Pautalia...
sonlarson, Cool coins, love all those with Phrygian caps. I think you've touched off a collecting theme.
Topcat, Cool piece in great condition. The ones that I have seen tend to be cut from colonial strikes as opposed to Spanish coins. At 27mm...
Whoops, pressed the send button too early. Here is the other side. These are really fun to collect because they can be so worn and struck off...
Biohc, I just measured and weighed mine, which was revalued in 1641 as 8 maravedis. It's 25 X 21.5 mm and weighs in at 5.01 grams.
My only concern is that the flan appears a bit thick, the ones I have are thin. Also, the 3 splits along the edge are of interest, however, those...
Could be Felipe IV of Spain, but I'm on my phone and don't have access to my bookmarked websites. 1655 would be in the correct range for this...
Numismat, That is a super coin! In my world Latin American coins with the sun are a "must have". The fact that it is a crown and not a minor makes...
Herberto, I purchase often from VCoins and have always received an invoice from the dealers. However, as a precaution, I always print the specific...
Ro, Awesome strike!
Kudos to the moderators. One of the things I really like about this forum besides being about ancients, is that the conversations are quite civil,...
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