This is awesome. Thanks!
Casts (unless tooled afterwards) tend to have edges of devices that flow into the fields, instead of ending at a well defined edge. This is why...
Now that I think of it, didn’t Harlan Berk launch a free authentication sticker service recently? That may be a better option for you.
https://www.ngccoin.com/submit/services-fees/ancient-coins/ It costs $25 plus shipping for NCG’s cheapest (slowest) ancients service. They won’t...
The silver content of AR ancient coins varies considerably, but you can find lab analyses done for many types. Theoretically you should be able to...
I don’t have many lrbs, but I just checked and not one of the coins I have with SALVS in the inscription actually depicts Salus. The amazing thing...
It’s safe to say we will never know for certain, because the vast majority of finds are never reported for fear of confiscation by the...
Thank you for reminding me. This one keeps begging for attention.
Thanks for the weight. I wrote and deleted a long post because I don’t want to be “that guy”, so I won’t. For $12.99 what is there to worry about...
Out of curiosity, how much does the first one weigh?
I never noticed that Salus sometimes isn’t Salus. Thank you for this and your other interesting write ups.
Beyond XRF, metal isotope ratios can tell you the source of the metal used in the coin. There’s an interesting paper (that I can’t seem to find...
The iPad version is pretty good: https://press.princeton.edu/apps/barrington-atlas
You can get an ultrasonic thickness gauge like this for $70 on Amazon. It won’t tell you if the coin is real, only whether the metal velocity...
On second thought, for this kind of money I think I will hold out for one in better condition, XF at least.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Brutus-Ides-of-March-Denarius-43-42-BC/312275992362?hash=item48b5197f2a:g:LlsAAOSwszFbzfrr It’s at $5.50, but there’s...
Feedback has been gamed. A buddy buys 1000 one cent items from you. You never ship the items. eBay collects a few pennies in fees. He writes 1000...
If the OP’s motivation was to hear “yup, ancients are super easy to counterfeit” from a random poster on a forum before ramping up production,...
I always tare the scale with the paper clip submerged to the point where the coin will be. I then lift the paper clip, place the coin on it, and...
If you buy exclusively from reputable ancient coin dealers, counterfeits are things that happen to other people.
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