Feast or famine; with ancient countermarks, I find that either there is no information on them whatsoever, or a feast, with an abundance of...
Here's Sabina with an unusual 'do: [ATTACH] Sabina Æ 20 Blaundus, Lydia/Phrygia (128-136/7 A.D.) Ϲ[ΑΒƐΙΝΑ ϹƐ]ΒΑϹΤ[Η], draped bust right, with...
That seller from Morocco has been junking up the eBay listings for a while now, and I'd agree that they all look fake. I buy virtually all my...
No problem. I'm hardly an expert - I bought my first Roman Republican denarius in 1987 and I still accidently buy fake ones! I have what I am...
Interesting discussion. I found one on eBay a while back and I had a lot of trouble attributing it as most of the reverse on mine is illegible...
Great coin - did you notice it has a countermark on the obverse? This is the laurel branch in rectangle type - I have one on a Trajan SC from...
Welcome to CT, Bodey. Sorry to say, but I'm pretty sure your coin is a cast fake. I've seen quite a few like this, including the off-center...
Those are some great examples from the kid. Here are my two Caracalla captive types (RIC 54b and RIC 65): [ATTACH] This one needs a cleaning:...
Very interesting post (and coins). Centuries later, here are two of the type from Septimius Severus denarii - one with and one without trophy:...
Nice coins in this post. I just got one like @Ancient Aussie posted above: [ATTACH] Roman Republic Denarius P. Fonteius P.f. Capito (55 B.C.)...
Nice one @cmezner - I checked my collection and found I have one too (if I got the attribution correct): [ATTACH] Severus Alexander Denarius...
Congratulations on the very interesting coin (and provenance) @Curtis - and thank you for gathering all those links together for the "Star of...
I hope it's okay to bring up an old thread, but I got very excited researching the worst coin in an unattributed six-coin lot from eBay - I think...
If you don't mind bronze Provincials, cost savings can be found. I never figured I'd get a Caligula portrait of any sort, given the cost, but...
I think I might've just got one like this last month. As as, with Annona. AP's coins of this era are interesting because he uses the old...
Nobody'd mistake this one for an official anything! [ATTACH] Barbarous Radiate Æ Antoninianus Gaul / Northern Europe (c. 274-300s A.D.) V I S A...
Just got one of these. Mine's not nearly as nice as yours, @David Atherton The only thing about it I thought a bit noteworthy was the very...
It looks fine to me - what happened, I think, is that it was over-enthusiastically cleaned, stripping away most of the patina/toning. These were...
Lovely coin @cmezner . I have a similar one that I attributed to Volusian, although the legends say Trebonianus Gallus - I did this one a few...
Great coin, @expat . Here is my Gallienus/Apollo type, but not like yours: [ATTACH] Gallienus Æ Antoninianus (c. 267 A.D.) Antioch (or...
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