I believe this is one of the main appeals of collecting ancient or medieval coins. People adverse to learning will probably drop out with a...
Please forgive a slight diversion from the slab question but it really might be said to be related. Ancient Joe is right except I would call it...
Before this thread got ugly, I saw nothing about the OP coin style that made me think of Spain. I still don't. I don't know. The game proposed...
OK so clicking on that brings up the following and that does not work? https://ric.mom.fr/en/feedback/coinspecimen?idType=855
https://ric.mom.fr/en/feedback/cointype Do I understand correctly that you submitted the form above and it did not work?
I would love to find an aureus that nice or a grade lower from a ruler that meant something special to me. It is a good looking coin.
I have to wonder how much of the price was driven by style and by the desire to have a coin with a nice chunk out of the flan. I assume that NGC...
I don't 'collect' this period except as part of my 'general' collection but there is something appealing about the 'look' that can make a coin...
[ATTACH] I agree and bought mine years ago when I was beginning the phase trying to be more interested in Late Roman rather than just my...
I have had one on one Zoom meetings with a couple of Coin Talk friends and have participated in virtual club meetings on Zoom where I have given...
Silly me, I was reading silphium and had no idea the Judaean series included that. I see we differ on the definition of obverse. [ATTACH]
What is a Pontius Pilate 'siphilum type'?
The vast majority of the cup shaped AE and AR coins of this era were struck twice tilting the top die a but to insure the whole design...
A suggestion of one possible way: Go to the coin show in Atlanta this weekend (Google it) and ask any dealers with any ancients if they know of a...
My favorite coin source is small dealers who set up at shows. My family has instructions as to which ones to contact when I pass. Finding the...
Another hint: Not all coins have legends that start and end in the usual orientation and not all have the top of the letters facing the edge of...
'Reliable' might not be the word I would choose but the style from this mint often/usually has an eye rendition that is not like that from Rome....
I see an artifact of striking rather than an intentional side facing head.
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