Great site - I use it all the time. Keep up the good work.:)
Just back from my local dealer's where he has a huge bin of bargain stuff in cardboard holders - the usual copper stuff from the 20th century,...
Thanks for the article link, RC. As for Claudius, look what the cat dragged in last week - an Agrippina, Sr. sestertius issued by Claudius (her...
Nice write-up and lots of nice coins. Here're mine (the first one is from one of my earlier attribution efforts, and may well be wrong):...
I'd forgotten about this one, since I just bought it and it has not arrived yet. It might be an as of Gordian III with Abundantia reverse. I say...
Those are some lovely examples of type, @robinjojo and @jgenn I thought I had one of these 1791's, but this one was minted in Lima, Peru. Mine...
That is a lovely example; countermarked coins tend to be quite beat up. I have one too, but not-so-lovely. It seems to have an additional...
In my limited experience, anything AE smaller than a sestertius is hard to find for Gordian III. But by chance I came across two in eBay lots...
Again, thank you for this information, @Curtis - you solved my numismatic "brick wall" (as the genealogists call them). :joyful: Here is a photo...
That's a handsome coin. I spent some time trying to figure out a rough one in my collection - anchor or crossed cornucopiae seem to be the...
Wow. Finally - a real "circular" match to mine. Thank you so much, Curtis. Time to upgrade that attribution. :)
Thank you so much for this information, Curtis. I downloaded Werz a while back, but my lack of German is somewhat hampering me (I have picked up...
Some great countermarks in this thread. They are indeed tough to identify sometimes; here are a few of my unknowns: This one seems doable, but I...
Not a stupid question at all - I tend to think of a "cartwheel" as being the massive copper issues of 1797. The 1806 in the OP is quite a bit...
Dutch crowns are so attractive. I have a few, but mostly I do ancients now. But nice to see 'em on this thread. Here're mine, three centuries...
Here's a 2d cartwheel made into a little bowl thing...wine porringer? Not sure. The coin is pretty nice from the look of it, but the rims might...
Good catch! Yep, I was watching that one myself...and was rather regretting it when I saw it got sold. But now I'm happy it went to a good home! :)
Yours, like mine, has the SC in the fields, not the exergue. To check this out, I did an acsearch for these - I got 139 hits (some stray...
Thank you for another fine Faustina Friday, @Roman Collector As usual, I ransacked my small collection to see if I can contribute, and I found...
This Helena was a Christmas present from my parents 20 years ago or so. It was attributed a long time ago when I did more wild guessing than I do...
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