I prefer #9. I like small turtles.
A measure of how many coins were made is how often you see die duplicates. There are rare coins that only survive from one die set. There are...
My study of ancient language taught me that people who believe they know how to pronounce things tend to ignore the fact that Greek and Latin were...
I disagree. I would suspect that a much higher number of Athenian tetradrachms by percentage survived in good condition to be found today because...
Those are excellent photos. I have to agree that there is a great deal of enjoyment to be had in making good photos. By 'good' I mean those that...
Someone will tell you that all yours are fakes and real ones are all in museums. 'Experts' are easy to find. A show with 'NO BUYING OR SELLING'...
My guess would be closer to 1000:1. Obols are not rare, hemiobols more so but common compared to the other little guys. My 1/4 obol is a real...
There are several denomination and field letters not to mentuion barbarous coins in this group. I have not studied the possibilities. I ahve a...
TG, hexastyle, officina 2, two L's, dot in pediment --- meaning? This is lacking the dcorations at the corners of the roof as shown on the CNG...
Does it by chance also remove any dust when it leaves the coin. I am going crazy taking super macro shots and having dust on the coin despite...
I had not tried museum wax. I have used clay left over from my days of plaster casting but that is hard to remove from the reverse. How is the...
There was but that has gone away as the group of regular posters here has changed. The summery will show what the original idea was and how it...
Part of me wants to say I would prefer 'experts' separate the coins into groups labelled A, B, C etc. rather than tagging them with guesses based...
My coins are nothing in comparison but I also made a pile for a background image but mine was meant to be tiled so it would fill any size screen...
I agree. Those tend to be struck on small flans and lose either the crown, bow or dagger. It would be asking too much to find a siglos with...
I believe when we post a coin as such a thrill, it is good to explain what it was about the coin that made it so thrilling. I assume this one is...
For comparison: the common one with A. Do you attach a meaning to the bust vs. head beyond that they made some dies each way? Do you see a style...
I generally like worn coins with decent surfaces but this Antony would be more welcome if I could read the Legion number. I do not recall where I...
I find two things interesting about the coinage of Henry. The decline in quality has been covered. This is my early half groat. Henry is...
The question is when cleaning scratches become tooling. Mine is just plain rough. I would prefer one that is smoothly worn with good surfaces but...
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