Many thanks, @Nicholas Molinari!
Great stuff, I always enjoy when you post!
Yes, the diobols are the smaller fractions, usually with the helmeted head of Athena on the obverse and Hercules fighting the Nemean lion on the...
Cool coins, thanks for sharing!
Nice coins. I often bid at the Kuenker and Muenzzentrum Rheinland auctions as they often have coins from Ostfriesland, but didn't bid in these...
Love the writeup, @Curtis... very thoroughly researched with several interesting stories! Sometimes, the history isn't just in the coins...
Fellow CT'ers, It's been a long time in the making, but a new reference work focusing exclusively on the diobols of Tarentum is finally in print...
I totally love this. Magna Grecia area coins are one of my core collecting areas, so this will really help me. I'll definitely check this site out!
Love it, as always...
Looks legit to me as well.
Incredible find... is this your first hoard?
Holy mackerel, that's a real handful!
Rats... I've been looking for a Volusian in decent grade but have only been going after this half-heartedly and haven't closed in on one yet....
I think that the reverse should be rotated clockwise 90 degrees. Letters in two lines: TV? / IM? Edit: looks like @tenbobbit beat me to it ;)
For Roman denarii, I'm good from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius except for Caligula. I've tended to focus on first and second century denarii because...
I don't think that the coins are Becker forgeries... Becker operated from 1806 to 1830, while I think that these are both much more modern...
Glad to hear it all worked out well in the end.
I don't think he is emptying his black cabinet though... he seems to have an unlimited supply of fake coins recently... The scary thing is that...
Yes, I saw this as well and was going to post but you beat me to it! Some of these are pretty obvious forgeries, while others would definitely...
stunning portrait!
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