@Bing LVNA LVCIFERA?! That is so awesome. I have a Diana, but now certainly need a Luna, too
I would pay for such a service for venues other then ebay. I like bronze and have to skip so many coins since I am unsure about 'strengthening of...
Maybe Finn235 is right and it’s 3.83. I would take it to a place that has a suitable scale (pharmacy?) to address the weight concern.
And here's a coin from my collection, 4.28gm [ATTACH] Photo courtesy of CNG.
The drachm weight should be 4gm (or a bit more), hemidrachm around 2gm. 2.83gm is way off for any of them, even chipped. The details on the...
@Ken Dorney Lot 183
How many people who see your car will think about ancient coins? "I bet he has mint state Ostia sestertius" will go through nobody's mind
Here's a Domitiantus destertius that called me. Not a 'choice award' winner in the surfaces category. But I love it. I read somewhere that it may...
Excellent post and coin. There was a tooled specimen recently for sale, it mentioned Concordia and it was tooled as such. I do not have Caracalla...
Here a related question to the forum members. Let's say and auction house is selling somebody's collection and there tooled coins in the...
the result doesn't look right to me. search for "himera crab" on cng and see what I mean
A few years earlier. Nero: “not my hand. We can’t even be seen together on the same side of the coins” [ATTACH] Photo courtesy of cng.
Here’s my 2-in-1 sestertius. Hadrian is also on the reverse, facing Italia. Adventi Avg Italiae [ATTACH]
Traianus and his coins are fascinating indeed. Be careful, there’s slipppery slope. You may discover that you like Hadrian’s travel series, too....
Anonaaug looks unexpectedly sharp on the Hadrian sesterius. I would guess it’s “enhanced” Has anybody seen tooled bronzes that are not also smoothed?
Congrats! I also won 2 coins from the MJ collection. It would be nice for auction houses to provide some info about the collection. E.g., I do...
Here’s my descending Zeus. [ATTACH] Zeus Kataibates and Zeus Labraundos are my favorite. I have a couple of Labraundii to post, too; just...
Congrats on your win! Excellent coin and presentation. Do all coins from prestigious auctions come in such fancy packaging?
Here’s my Triptolemos with Gaia reclining, Caracalla frowinning (or frowning), and I am still not sure what the snakes are doing. Coin From...
Was the mythological scene on the reverse used on coins other than provincials from the Severan period? Here’s my coin with Julia Maesa on the...
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