Like old Elvis (not that he ever got to be old. He was dead just three years older than I am now. I'm trying not to say, "fat" Elvis as body...
T rage x 2 has such fun portraits in his coins! [ATTACH]
How fun! I always enjoy Domna watching;) [ATTACH][ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The kiddos [ATTACH] That Geta you asked for...
That is an incredible story! How wild is that!? For some reason coins, around this time, from Spain and Sicily seem to have a higher likelyhood of...
Great way to mark 50! A serious stunner:wideyed: Here's my Frugi Howser M.D. little quini that begs for a reshoot:[ATTACH] L. Calpurnius Piso...
I don't think they would be esteemed if they bought and resold from Lanz. Lanz had a good name a long time ago. He sold out and now his company...
Most welcome. Pretty frustrating seeing the levels forgers are willing to go to, up to and including destroying ancient rarities:yuck::depressed:...
Great coin svessien! I really enjoy the color contrast of these: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm no expert, but I'm not even sure that's applied patina so much as a coin that's already stripped and that's why the patination looks so uneven...
There are several stories of Lanz altering and destroying coins in there. Here is the closest one to the top (I think it was the third down)....
I don't know the full relationship, but Roma sells Lanz coins in their auctions and advertises for them. Here's more examples of what Lanz does...
Yes. And no the didn't issue refund. They avoided issuing it. This is why I don't buy from either. Look up Lanz in the thread history and you...
CNG is top notch. But that doesn't mean that once a nefarious firm purchases from them that they don't "spruce" up the item. Yes Lanz is famous...
Glad there are differing opinions on what it means. I thought fleur de coin meant it was the best the mint made of its type. My biggest problem...
Very nice! FUN reverse ta boot! Poor thing was busted in the mail when my dad ordered it. It was a gift from him when I first started collecting.
Wonderful toning and excellent background to the importance of the coin:bookworm:! As well, I didn't know that Saturninus had coins! One more for...
Very nice! LOVE the ancient scratches on the face of Brutus:punch: Cato the younger was Servilia's half brother: [ATTACH] M. Porcius Cato...
Supposedly the descendant of the Brutus who chased tyrants out of Rome hundreds of years before. Son of a consul and general and related to the...
$10-$15. Nobody is paying a hundo for that LRB.
Great thread idea and coin! This pie has a hole in it! It even has the flaky crust around the outside. And the triskeles are running to have a...
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