There is currently a 'nicer' Zeno AE4 on eBay which only has one fault. It appears to be as fake as the other coins offered by that seller....
My favorite travel series denarius is Alexandria (not the most common) but is special to me for its reddish tone. [ATTACH] More common is...
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https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1608943 My Zeno made an appearance in a Pegasi sale with a ridiculous estimate. I bought it from the...
Ranieri Zeno, 1253-1268, 45th Doge [ATTACH]
I believe it is always dangerous to assume that any independent people would have done anything the way their neighboring independent people did....
I see no reason to believe it is plated. This coin dates to a period when the Rome mint was doing worse work than some of the counterfeiters....
13. When I first started collecting Septimius, listings sometimes included coins of Laodicea dated IMP VI. Later it was found that all listings...
There are a thousand phones, Most recent ones can focus more closely than this resulting in an image that has more detail. If yours does not...
I hope they are ancient, too, but I can't say I am all that certain. My two are moldmates unless my better one was the mother. A dozen years...
Where originated the idea that A1 was a half follis rather than just another of the many weight standard changes? What was yours overstruck on?...
The plugs can not be removed from these coins restoring them to original condition. Recall Barry said NGC refused the coins for surface brushing....
Rarity is not the only factor involved in demand. People like the big A2 coins and those with Mary reverse (G) better so they sell for more than...
I once thought that but found a second (die match). I'm sure there is a story behind these that I would like to know. Are they modern? Was there...
12. For no particular reason my offering for the twelfth is another Emesa denarius but not one you will find it easy to duplicate. Left facing...
Since you mentioned it, I'll show my dog of a tetradrachm. The thing is thick! It is hard to find one of these this terrible but the good ones...
You are too modest. Your coins would require satellite imagery. Try to pick a day to lay them out when there won't be a hurricane. Don't say...
11. For day Eleven it seems appropriate to show one of my Stranger Things. In truth, one could make a large collection of coins showing Septimius...
I tend to agree here but am less certain where I draw the line before which a hole or other damage becomes part of the history of the coin as...
I am of the opinion that the same person cut the legends on this coin and on my TIMLOR. The left side legends are just too similar. Did you...
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