RC-- your tenacity and depth of research is, as always, amazing! Great job!!
A very nice assortment! I was your underbidder on that Philip I octassarion :).
Thanks for the tag, Ocat! Acquiring that coin was so nerve-wracking. Still feel lucky to have it :D.
First coin-- perhaps Tarsos. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=8342950
Great info, RC, and wonderful coins, everyone! This one needs a reshoot. [IMG] THRACE, Pautalia. Caracalla CE 198-217 AE29, 16.4 gm Obv: AYT K M...
Thank you for reiterating what I said in the first paragraph of my post.
Might it be plaster? Making a mold of a coin by direct casting in plaster is a bad idea but maybe someone didn't know that. I don't think your...
Nope, no bunnies here :D. My first coin forum name (from CoinCommunity) was ThisIsFun which was subsequently shortened to TIF for other...
It wasn't difficult and Tigger didn't seem to mind it much, even though I was using a 16g needle towards the end (larger bore helped get the fluid...
I'm so sorry for your loss, @octavius. Losing a pet is so hard. My kitty, like so many others who are fortunate enough to live that long,...
Looking forward to AMCC3! Here's a fond memory from AMCC1: Bidder #1 placed bid #1 in AMCC auction #1, lot #1, and on December 1, won. (I...
An excellent group for that price!
An interesting scene, Orfew. Congrats :) Elephant quadriga: [IMG] EGYPT. Alexandria. Trajan AE drachm, 32.3 mm, 19.8 gm Regnal year 14 (110/11...
RIP, Nero, and thanks for the wonderful array of coins :). [IMG] Nero struck in Rome, CE 63 Orichalcum sestertius, 34 mm, 26.7 gm Obv: NERO...
Very nice :). Really like the Domna.
Thanks :). The coin has wear but it's very uniform. The flan splits aren't too detracting. It's one of those coins that doesn't grade super...
I saw that :). Not a die match though-- either side.
:joyful::joyful: Can't believe I didn't connect those dots! Must be why I was drawn to the coin-- I love Starbuck's dark roasts. Say what you...
Nice full legend on that provincial! I have a few from Marcianopolis: [IMG] MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Commodus AE 25mm, 8.5 gm circa CE...
I recently acquired a couple of those too ;) :D (Leu... will probably be a month before they arrive)
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