David, I'm not a whiz at coin grading (using "Like/Want" and "Pass" rather than a Sheldon-equivalent ranking) a grade of Fair seems wrong for your...
You lucky duck! I'm envious :D.
[IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Claudius II Gothicus year 1, CE 268 tetradrachm Obv: AVTKKΛAΔIOCCEB; laureate draped bust right Rev: eagle standing...
I was the underbidder on this one :(. Great coin! I guess the winner isn't on CT because I haven't seen it posted since last year's auction.
Diocletian abdication issue, ex @jamesicus: [ATTACH]
Colby, you may find this thread very helpful: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-coins-beginners’-faq-thread.324858/
Often we don't know what the provincial coins were called, denomination-wise, and simply have to describe it by its diameter. That is the case...
I think Arnold is correct-- the portrait certainly looks like A-Pi. [ATTACH]
Digging through "junk bins" is fun though. Keep looking! :)
AE2 is shorthand for a late Roman bronze measuring 21-25 mm. 17 and under is AE4. Here are more of them on Vcoins.
What's the diameter and weight of your coin? Can you make out any of the mint mark in hand?
Super new sea monster, Scooby! :) Since you called it out, here's mine. It may be prettier but yours is scarier :D. [IMG] CARIA, Kindya...
[IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius Regnal year 8, CE 144/5 AE drachm, 33 mm, 23.2 gm Obv: [legend]; laureate draped bust right Rev: Serapis,...
Great coin and fabulous pictures! I don't remember seeing your coin type before. Here's my coin you mentioned :) [IMG] SICILY, Selinos Circa...
The obverse looks very similar and almost lines up, but look at the bow formed by his laurel wreath ties. They are shaped differently and...
The reverse is not a match-- below the cornucopia, look at the distance between her body and the drapery. I'm working on an overlay of the...
I looked at each the old fashioned way. Image search wouldn't have been a help for the one match I found because the auction house images were so...
Here's the link to the die-matched coin shown above, the only match I found in ACsearch: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=246532 It is...
You can't share images sent by PM by using the image URL-- you have to save it to your computer and upload the image to your thread. Here's the...
@Hispanicus does fine woodworking. I'm tagging him so he'll see this.
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