Happy birthday, Doug :)
This thread is a good place to start: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-coins-beginners%E2%80%99-faq-thread.324858/
LΔE is correct and is one of the abbreviations for regnal year 10, which sometimes appears more fully spelled as LΔEKATOV. More commonly in...
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancient-coins-beginners%E2%80%99-faq-thread.324858/ Within that thread, post #29 has links to databases of...
I wasn't watching this thread very closely and didn't see the request for a pentagram but I've got a dandy example with a suitably...
If you go to ACsearch and plug in the knowns for your reverse (Annona standing left, ANNONA AVG), you will generate a list of possibilities which...
Hilarious! :D :D Ahahaha... this one belongs in the Totally Looks Like thread :).
I see it as 925... the hallmark for sterling silver, meaning it's a modern creation.
What a fantastic photography day you had, @iamtiberius! I don't often use solely natural light because it's so hard to control, although I always...
That song was popular when I was a child and I still love it :D.
The motif certain has longevity! My only example of Libertas is on this Roman Republican denarius and she is rather generic: [IMG] Roman...
Congrats, VK! What an excellent "first big auction" win! I finally picked up an owl too and am looking forwards to seeing it in hand but it...
Wow, that’s fantastic!! Congratulations :)
Trebonianus Gallus, per the obverse legend. Reverse is Four Seasons (TEMPORVM FELICITAS), as Shanxi mentioned. Images edited for ease of...
I bought one of these several years ago and don't even remember bidding on it! I must've bid but I don't remember-- it's appearance on my invoice...
Thanks, Ed! :)
This situation is disturbing and unfortunate. I wish Sixbid would do (would have done) better on notifications and fixing the problem because...
Congrats, Finn! There's not much wear at all on this coin. Nice deep strike, good centering, nice tone. I finally got one too after keeping an...
Nice, erm, Saguntum :D. I can comply with the third request: scallop shell + dolphin: [IMG] CALABRIA, Tarentum 325-280 BCE AR litra, 11 mm,...
Wow!! Those are incredible!!!
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