[ATTACH] CASSIUS AR Denarius (3.85 gm.) Tyrannicide, d. 42 B.C. Smyrna (?) early 42 B.C. Sydenham 1308 Crawford 500/1 CASSIUS IMP Tripod...
The post that you cite describes the action known as bronze disease, described on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze_disease When I...
[ATTACH] GAIUS (CALIGULA) 37 - 41 A.D. AE Sestertius (28.01 g.) Rome c. 37 - 38 A.D. RIC 32 C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT Laureate head...
OK, here's your boring vocabulary lesson for the day. The art world has an equivalent to palimpsests: pentimento. A pentimento is a canvas that...
One of the actions I most admire about Titus was his decree ending trials based on (usually bogus) charges of treason. From Wikipedia: "One of...
Palimpsest is a great word. Most palimpsests allow the original writing to show through very faintly, and this noun has been used evocatively by...
I use Quickslabs to store my coins, in a safe deposit box with a desiccant. Quickslabs work well since you can easily remove the coin if you want...
OK, while I have to admit that I rarely find humor on this site clever or funny (contrary to the coin content that I find interesting and...
I'll be interested in getting an update from you on your coin-cleaning success, as well as your interest in collecting ancients, after you've...
Recent history wouldn't support this theory, at least not if Clio's collection is high-quality. The most notable recent example, sold at NAC in...
I, too, was surprised by the apparent "F" grade on the OP coin. Personally, I would have evaluated it as VF, or at worst, about VF. Possibly I...
Wow! That's a highly unusual portrait of Galba. Well centered and the legends are fully delineated on a large flan. I wonder if all the RIC 236...
[ATTACH] NERO 54 - 68 A.D. AR Denarius (3.53 g.). Rome 64 - 65 A.D. RIC 53 Obv. NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS laureate head of Nero right. Rev....
[ATTACH] AUGUSTUS AV Aureus (7.90 g.) Lugdunum circa 11 - 10 B.C. RIC 196 AVGVSTVS - DIVI-f Laureate head right. Rev. IMP - XII Diana,...
Sadly, no longer...
I expanded my collection to include Hadrians in early 2016. I started with a she-wolf aureus reverse. Although this reverse type is available on...
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