Doug, What is the diameter of your coin and is it magnetic? I suspect given the nearly flat back that it is not a Ming coin proper but a...
Not Roman, but a die for a silver rupee of the East India Company, Bengal Presidency, mint of Murshidabad, 1818-1819 (Mitchiner 774a). SC...
I used the Leuchturm digital microscope, which is a weird beast. It has a focus adjuster but no true adjustment for magnification. You just move...
I have been experimenting with my old Leuchturm digital microscope. Here are some extreme close-ups of the surface of some tiny unofficial issue...
Indeed. Very interesting pose. Seems to be walking a bit with left foot slightly ahead. Despite having helmet her arms are hanging down at her...
Thanks for posting those sites Donna. Bron has really good info on fake lamps, scarabs, ushabti, fibulae and other stuff on his site. Very...
Nice piece. The curve and flare of the top is very well done stylistically. I would have to dig out some old books but the color, and especially...
Nice chariot coins. But what was found was actually a four-wheeled cart. Anyone have coins with four wheeled carts? I don't think I have any. SC
Unfortunately the style of your lamp is "off". The "erotica" scene is the most commonly faked. Most telling, the makers mark on the bottom is...
David in a "head" shop buying a digital scale for coins has to be the best mental picture of the year so far! SC
hotwheelsearl, do you mind sharing your "forumla"? Amount, dilution, time, etc? I am a mechanical cleaning guy who avoids chemical, but as you...
One of these? [ATTACH] SC
If I had to pick a single favourite FTR-FH issue it would be this one! The LXXII is one of the rare instances of the actual weight standard...
I agree with potty dollar. The feel test - rub between thumb and finger - usually tells you everything. Greasy, sticky, bendy = bad. Hard,...
S and * over either F or P, both are common issues, though yours looks like F to me. Mint mark is ASISC structure but could start with A, B or...
I believe it is Constantius II. While I can'y make out the start of the legend, you can clearly see CONSTANTIVSNOBC and a count of the letters...
I believe that it is almost certainly barbarous. The quality of engraving is good and the reverse is fairly close to standard design, but the...
Could it be RQVARTA? This, and related marks like RPRIMA have no field marks. SC
Someone has already posted the academia.edu link to my article on Falling Horsemen. Here is the link to an article on the coinage of Nepotian,...
A small hoard of Falling Horsemen, purchased from a Belgian collector, who originally bought it in Tunisia. From the fourth series of FHs and...
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