According to Cahn, 8 obverse and 26 reverse dies. Another reason for a high survival rate might be that certain coin-like objects were not...
Please don´t, Col! There ARE people out there who DO like their bronzes unpatinated (like myself :-) ), but I doubt anyone likes an artificial...
Sadly, you can´t do that kind of thing here in Germany. What kind of car is that? :-)
Here is my Orichalcum-colored Dupondius of the OP type: [ATTACH]
Here is another one: My Macrinus Sestertius, RIC 139, was struck with only one obverse die (Nr.2 in Curtis Clay „The Roman Coinage of Macrinus and...
As far as I have heard, the last use of ancient coinage as currency happened during the French Revolution. After during the financial crises in...
It certainly doesn´t, but that is because it is yet another misattributed Gordian I :nailbiting:! The portrait (top coin below) clearly does not...
Hi Ras, the Künker coin you mentioned is a misattributed Sestertius of Gordian I. There are other auction houses that made the same mistake (see...
The great event of the year 185 was the discovery of the treachery of Tigidius Perennis, prefect of the Pretorian Guard, and his execution. The...
I have two Sestertii that were only struck with one pair of dies (both featured on Wildwinds): - Hadrian Sestertius RIC 703 k, three known (Nr.2...
Just found an obverse die match I think! You guys got it right - it looks like there never was an Aegis on my coin either o_O [ATTACH] So this...
There are three opinions on the identity of my Nero Sestertius, mainly depending on if he is wearing an Aegis on the obverse. [ATTACH] NERO...
I too thought that this was to good to be true (the coin sat on Ebay for many weeks before I took a chance), so it was among the first coins I...
That must be because just about every Caesar was shown as Princeps Iuventutis on his Coinage, but only Valerian II has the goat. Also, animals and...
I found my Medallion of Numerianus in a Jacques Schulman catalogue ("The Richard J. Graham Collection" 1966): [ATTACH]
Some of you have warned new collectors to buy via Ebay, and rightly so: there are many forgeries to be found and most genuine coins are not worth...
My favourite Patina... "Lovely Mahagony tone with lighter tones on the high points" (Forum Ancient Coins): [ATTACH] or, depending on lighting...
I have had the same experience with my first Pertinax Sestertius. After seeing two other specimens (both initially found to be genuine by the...
It came in the mail today and looks quite fabulous in hand! [ATTACH] While it is certainly cast, it looks like a quite sharply "struck" coin...
My only item from Antioch, but maybe the best portrait of Otho on any AE coin: [ATTACH] IMP M OTH]O CAE AVG - Laureate head of Otho right S C...
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