That is a bit curious. Are you thinking of making an offer?
Wow -- good eye! I used Photoshop to make a quick comparison of the relative geometry of a few features on the obverses: [ATTACH] The straight...
It's difficult to fully compare a slabbed vs. unslabbed coin, and I'd like to have a better definition of "edge marks," but my personal preference...
I've always liked the reverse of your coin and although I'm focusing on Hadrian's travel series, I've been tempted to acquire one of this type. I...
In the top coin, I find the extraordinarily high detail in Otho's hair to be a bit suspect. If I were to choose this coin I would make its...
You will not find any information or help in the Ancient Coins section of Cointalk for pricing and selling ancient coins. The discussion and...
From both a consignor's and auctioneer's perspective, the goal of an auction is (usually) to obtain the highest hammer price available for the...
My interpretation of this sentence is: (1) if authentication requires removal from the slab and the coin is judged to be inauthentic, then Pegasi...
I was just about to post something very similar to this. The auction house is, quite literally, extending credit to its bidders. Even if you're...
This appears to be RIC 186 (BMC 8). Galba's nose appears a bit unusual but this series of denarii has a lot of unusual noses (try ACSEARCH with...
Your coin appears to be RIC 73, BMC 7. (I don't know the RSC references). To my eye, there is nothing obviously inauthentic about it but I'm not...
It's natural for most new collectors of ancient coins to be interested in knowing the grade of a coin they own or are considering buying. You'll...
Your coin appears to be lot 584 from Gitbud & Naumann (now Numismatik Naumann) Auction 15 in April, 2014. It sold at that time for the equivalent...
I think you may have the rate reversed. According to the following table from Wikipedia, the historic exchange rate in 1970 for the Swiss franc...
In composer Gustav Holst's suite The Planets, the last composition is entitled Neptune, The Mystic. Even if you don't think you've heard this...
[ATTACH] HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D. AV Aureus (6.87 g.) Rome ca. 124 - 125 A.D. RIC II 192, RIC II.3 711 BMC 72 HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS Laureate bust...
During my underground tour, I was able to snap a picture of two of the current residents of the Colosseum's basement: [ATTACH] Other than the...
Yes, I believe this is accurate. It's my recollection from my visit there a few years ago that our guide, who was also an archeologist, mentioned...
You might want to create a virtual tray of your denarii, similar to Bing's (earlier in this thread), with a uniform dark/black background for each...
Yes, you've circled the area to which I was referring. Yours is similar to the reverse on my coin, but I can't quite count the exact number of...
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