Beautiful coin - should clean up nicely!
It also looks like it's cast on the side that's in focus. Looks suspect to me.
Fascinating accounts of the palladium... I had seen it on coin descriptions, but had no idea what it was. Thanks for the history lesson!
I would agree that the overstrikes were intentional, not errors. In the early period of Magna Grecian coinage, there are examples of staters of...
Part of a sword scabbard? Would have held together the leather parts?
The portrait on the obverse may be double struck, but not sure as the profiles look different.
Legit but too expensive for these... you can get better ones for the same or lower price.
The fields could be smoothed, but there is no overt evidence of tooling based on the pictures. Nice patina!
Something similar happened to me a while ago as well. I actually had the higher bid, but they gave it to the underbidder. I think that because I...
Agree, it's not bronze disease. If it's a lighter green and flakes off, it may be bronze disease. Darker malachite-green type deposits are not...
That was my reaction as well. Gordian III coins in great condition should be relatively affordable (sub $50?). Most of mine were in the $30-40...
Looks good to me. The filing marks could have been done in antiquity to sharpen the arrowhead.
I would say that they're real. A few decades ago I bought several of these for $9 each, but I guess prices have gone up since then. They're fairly...
Thanks for sharing! It was fun to read through all the articles.
I like A because it is better struck overall.
Looks like it was just between two bidders who each really wanted it...
Yikes
Like others who have posted, I have bought a few coins from Roma, most recently from the Anders Collection they dispersed which had a ton of less...
Thanks, great writeup! I have one like your second example with a winged thunderbolt; now I have a bit more information about it - thank you!
I will second the opinion that all your ancient coins do not appear to have been "polished" based on your photos, so I wouldn't worry too much...
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