Only if you want it to be unsealed anyway. I doubt it's going to be a decisive factor in judging authenticity. To me it looks like it's probably...
I don't see any problems with the coin itself, though the photos aren't really clear enough to know for sure. But my initial reaction would be...
Fascinating coin, Jochen! I love these coins depicting the intellectual figures of Greek history. I don't think I knew about this one, though....
I love this period of Roman history and its coinage, but the hard part is always deciding what to include in this period. Caesar's Civil Wars...
How about a radiate Nero? [ATTACH] Thessalian League AE Diassarion (?) (20mm, 6.88g, 12h), with Taurokathapsia scene on the reverse (bull...
Wow I love that portrait of Maximinus! Very sharp. The first thing I think of with him is that, after Domna and Sev. Alexander were killed for...
Here's a very early portrait of the new Severus Alexander, reportedly a "Proclamation Issue" (i.e., Proclamation of a new emperor after the death...
Okay, I don't think I've posted this one in Follow-the-Coin yet (not according to the search engine anyway), though I'm sure I've shared it...
I showed a couple of examples earlier, but I also have a related project that may be of interest to other provenance enthusiasts, but… …Warning…...
Here's a Father's Day-themed Persis Hemidrachm from the 2nd century BCE, a bit of a mystery which Manuchtihr AKA Minuchetri AKA Mančihr's are...
That is a great reverse type! Quite interesting and artistic (and "Greek") for a Gallienus. Well, I have another "newest ancient" already --...
Well done again, assembling the known specimens. I do think that they are all die matches, and that yours is a double-die match to Vienna/Woytek....
Nice Shapur Drachm! I've been waiting for one for a long time to go with my Valerian Antoniniani with Parthian Captives (ironic, since Valerian...
Oh my goodness! Thank you for pointing it out. I really like knowing who the previous collectors were (and even started a post here re: coins...
Here's a similar type of Constantine saluting from horseback. ADVENTVS types became a staple of Roman Imperial coinage in the third century...
Wow @robinjojo -- that's one fantastic Gallienus Tetradrachm! All of them posted are great coins. I do remember seeing @Orange Julius 's Aurelian...
Great denarius, @Homer2 !! Oh, my! Hahaha. I can't get over that excerpt from Suetonius. That just became my favorite of Suetonius' biographical...
That's a fascinating Gallienus! Thanks for sharing it. I would definitely have bought that one too if I had the chance. That sounds likely about...
I just received a fun selection of Claudius II Gothicus Tetradrachms from Egypt, Alexandria, struck in 269/270 CE (Year 2). One has an...
Notice that RPC does not seem to distinguish between the different legend breaks (AVGVS / TVS vs. AVGV / STVS) or between CAISAR and CAESAR......
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