This Thessalonica is in the running for worst smoothing job ever. At 3.62 g it is a bit heavy and the officina is not listed in RIC. Opinions?...
Searching CT will turn up several discussions of the type. The reason the originals lasted so long in circulation is that they were struck from a...
My first coin won from a Stack's Coin Galleries auction in 1989: this Septimius Severus / Hercules denarius. Before I retired and moved to...
I can't keep up. Sorry for the posts. I do not have a Cupid with and eagle so it is just messed up. Trajan: [ATTACH] Caracalla with Cupid or...
too late gsimolel beat me so that makes it what TIF said: Next: winged Cupid
Procopius silver is in your bracket; bronze is in mine. [ATTACH]
This makes a good point. All coins may have been mint state but not all mint state coins were created equal. Mine is a similar grade of a...
I like 3 of those choices and consider them reasonably likely. The Judaea Capta will require compromise either of condition or definition of...
Mine is on a Claudius. [ATTACH]
Gelas AE onkia- When you are a river god and live in the water, it is hard to avoid the floataway hair. [ATTACH] Next: bald
While researching that one, did you notice that several big name houses also missed spotting Criocamps and called them Capricorns? CT has had...
There is a fact that most collectors and all investors seem to be denying. This 'quality' obsession is a fad. There have been periods in the...
I have seen a few coins that have silver over surface encrustations. It is very simple to put silver over copper. Fifty years ago bored photo...
I am particularly happy with my Galerius because it retains a trace of silvering. Since the post reform radiates were not silver washed and this...
I don't recall the details or which thread it was either.
I hear that a lot. Regarding focus stacking: Most of my images beyond 1:1 use focus stacking. Certainly all the ones that show tilted coins. My...
#6 and #1 lead the list for me. I believe many sellers who can read would have asked 10x for #1. I'm not a Judaea specialist but there are quite...
If you are going to collect this period you must be very careful about every letter and every 'rule' to separate the various players. You wrote...
It seems there was nothing to admire about the man but his coinage includes some very interesting features. He lasted long enough that we see him...
For me, the favorite is the Dishekel. All three figures are sharply shown. The Persian king even has a clear hand gesture.
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