Haha no... I'm sure he's posting this with a wink and knows this is a modern display. But when you find something like this at a antique store as...
Wow, that's an interesting... piece! Seems to be some sort of display made by someone with a coin where they couldn't quite make out the legends....
Yeah that’s what I was thinking too... I understand lemon is often used for silver and not bronze but had also read that “spot” usage (only on the...
Quick question to the group... I have this Victorinus that's been sitting in a jar as a "give away" or "sell" coin for years. It was struck by a...
I’ve always liked that story too. It is also in the Carus section of Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire I believe.
Probably Valens (or Valentinian but legend looks to support Valens).
I was looking for more information on mine awhile ago and posted about it on another forum. You’d need to register to see photos but without...
You did well, congrats! I hope these are the firsts of many. You got the Caracalla for a fair price and the Diocletian for a great price! But...
Yes, mine shows the convexity you mention. I’m not sure if you can see it better here but it’s not a flat coin but cupped. [ATTACH]
I don’t know much about the coinage of Pompey’s side in the war against J Caesar. Did his army mint much coinage while they were maneuvering...
That's a very cool coin! Here are a couple of my Lysimachos I coins: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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