No doubt there was some recutting of dies.
Nerva was unpopular with the army, which is a fatal condition if you're a Roman emperor, so he adopted the very popular general Trajan as his son...
Ok Doug. I won't get you that one.
I didn't have any issues with the style of the coin, just the fabric and weight. It seems the general consensus is authentic but chemically (and...
I brought my daughter with me to the Baltimore Whitman Expo some years ago, gave her $20 and told her to shop around and come back with some cool...
Demeter (a surprisingly scarce type)... [ATTACH] Poppaea... [ATTACH] Alexandria... [ATTACH] Tiberius... [ATTACH] Eagle... [ATTACH] How...
Great, purchased! Thank you for the recommendation. There are plenty of used softcover editions for cheap. I paid $11.86 shipped. :)
Setting up shop as a coin dealer doesn't make you an instant expert at detecting forgeries. I need the collective wisdom of this community as much...
Now that's a cool coin I had no idea existed. Thanks for posting it!
You could spend a lifetime exploring the numismatics of the Severan Dynasty. Over the years I've collected a bucket-full of coins from the period,...
I can relate to this myth. I've spent a fair amount of time trying to beguile terrified women with flattering speeches.
Well, in a case like this, I'm more than happy to be wrong.
I get a bad vibe from this coin. Surfaces don't look struck, but there's no seam. Mushy devices. Underweight at 2.9g. Color is wrong, even if it's...
You can do it Joe! I believe in you. :D
Show off. :rolleyes:
Wow! Great find for the price!
I love how large the lyre is on these very scarce types. Great score!
This one is no longer with me, but it was the nicest example of a small denomination that I've come across. A trihemitetartemorion, if you will....
Malichos I (59/8-30 BC) issued the first properly Nabataean coinage - that is, coinage official to the Nabataean Kingdom, struck in Petra, using...
Yup, it's happened to me too, lol. You have to admit it's a great name for a shoe brand.
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