Send him an invoice for your research commission. Seriously.
Wow. Who tries to sell a $12k coin with no attribution?
Late last fall, I took a three-week trip to the Mediterranean. My goal: to find and buy a selection of fake ancient coins from shady dealers in...
Woo-hoo! :u*meY:
As stated, it's a coin of Justin II, here pictured with his wife Sophia. It's a pretty dark picture, but from what I can see of the reverse, it...
I've seen XF examples of Caligula and this doesn't compare, though it's still better than many that come to market. Personally, I'd rank it a VF....
Better and closer pictures of the coins individually would help us with attribution and authenticity. Very minor details, especially with the...
ding ding ding! We have a winner. The full legend is DNHONORI VSPFAVG (Dominus Noster Honorius Pius Felix Augustus) and VIRTVS EXERCITI...
I'll narrow it down for you. 5th century, Theodosian Dynasty. Let me know if you want more hints ;)
Looking for help with attribution, or do you want to have fun researching it yourself?
I wish you would. That's my favourite one of your articles and I've reread it a couple of times now. As helpful as historically informative coin...
This one falls firmly in the middle and you'll probably just have to accept that there will never be a definitive answer. At the height of the...
The symbol you're referring to is a Buddhist Tirantna, their version of the eye of providence which crops up in various shapes and forms in...
This sinking of the Lusitania was May 7, 1915 and the Zeppelin bombings petered out as the war dragged on, so the medal fits in with the early war...
The first one is a Venetian Grosso of the Doge Andrea Contarini, 1367-1382. The obverse features an enthroned Christ, the reverse depicts the doge...
The first one is awfully rough and I can't say for sure who it is, but it looks like 2nd century. The small one is 4th century. Hard to make out...
If she's not familiar with the names and histories of the many emperors, there are also plenty of options with reverses of all the big-name...
I have some Failmezger pieces from that dealer, and it's duly noted in my collection, but that doesn't particularly add much value to me. I once...
I know most people here are fixated on collecting American coins, but it seems many of the upsets, disappointments, scams and controversies...
I used to collect those, but then I ran out of money after I bought an aircraft hangar to use as a coin cabinet.
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