Good eyes. I had not noticed that. I am familiar with filled dies from collecting US coinage where they are somewhat scarce. On ancient coins are...
I find that some coins are obscure for the simple reason that they closely resemble a totally different coin. Take a look at the two large bronzes...
Thanks. Yes, I see that the R to the left on the star mark below on the die's exergue also appears to be a filled die. I never noticed that until...
I recently rediscovered in my collection this double denarius (antoninianus) of Probus whose coins are pretty common. This one seems to be in...
That is exactly the thing that I look for in an ancient coin, not its rarity, but its beauty. Even a most humble, common coin can become a...
Your coin is superb, museum quality.
You might want to try getting a tetrobol of Histaia. They are nice looking coins (nymph, ship's prow), fairly common and can be had in nice...
With that fine smooth surface (some can be pretty rough) and the clear lettering that is splendid way of starting a good collection of those...
Do you have any idea why most of his coins were struck facing right and only a few to the left? Any significance to the right or left placement?...
Thanks for your help.
I don't want start an argument but the idea that coins were a good investment almost drove me out of the hobby some years back. I went out of my...
When one thinks about it, all of ownership, in a legal and figurative sense, is but temporary ownership as is our stewardship. As you point out...
2Cu 2O. Perhaps from being used as a ferry token to cross the Styx.
As I was going through part of my collection today, admiring, wondering and reminiscing, I recalled something I either read or heard many decades...
I think I see an ancient smiley face looking up at me.
Fascinating, these Dupondii of Nemausus and I don't think I have ever seen a coin so likely to be halved like this. This may explain why the coin...
Good post and a reminder to us that even though a word may be the same in English as one in Latin or Greek, its meaning can be quite a bit...
Thanks. I'll look into that. I assume you apply it lightly, like with a few dabs from a cotton Q-tip or toothpick.
Looks pretty harmless there, doesn't he?
You know it's strange, funny, but although I have collected ancients for decades I never knew there were "trigas" or that there were some denarii...
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