Caught me.
I pulled my beat-up old wreck out of a large batch of uncleaned coins many years ago: [ATTACH] Bronze Dupondius Rome Mint, A.D. 41-50 Obv: ANTONIA...
Glad you were able to save that coin, @robinjojo. My advice is to leave it sitting out some place where you are likely to see it often for the...
yes. no.
Let's be honest. Having a coin in a slab adds to its resale value. The only reason to bust it out is so that you can experience the awe and wonder...
Yeah. Well, 276 A.D. wasn't much better, was it?
Very nice example, @savitale. I can't think of anyone memorable who ruled in 1276 AD. Ghengis Khan was long dead by then.
Glad to hear this. New year's resolution?
The reason ancient collectors are suspicious of pitting is because of casting bubbles--places where minute amounts of air gets trapped in a mold...
Looks like you found it.
Aquilea? Could by a filled die.
I think the "bizarre" drapery could result from a combination of wear, corrosion and uneven patina.
You might consider doing a Specific Gravity Test to try to determine the metal.
Try bookfinder.com. Under "Title" I put Roman Imperial Coinage in quotation marks and got these results.
I am not familiar with this coin, but I found a couple of other examples on AC Search. Here's one: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=371589...
I'm fairly certain that spot is bronze disease. Left untreated, it will eventually destroy your coin (although it might take 20 years to do so)....
It's P F. Coins from this era typically have obverse inscriptions that read: "D N . . . P F AVG", with the emperor's name in between. That's how...
Not exactly Lysimachus, but I think it counts as "interesting." It's a Celtic imitation of a Lysimachus bronze: [ATTACH] Danubian Celtic AE19,...
Arbitrage can refer to financial instruments, but it can also refer to just taking advantage of price differences. I didn't mean to imply anything...
First of all, buying from Incitatus Coins is a wise decision, especially for someone starting out. Steve seems to have developed a nice...
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