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Two published, one in a museum in Rome and the other from the Trau collection, now in a private collection. And then mine, which appears to be an...
Thanks! I estimate there are less than five known specimens.
I work for CNG.
Here's one that no one else will have: [IMG] ROME. Antoninus Pius. AD 138-161. PB Tessera (22mm, 5.09 g, 11 h) The Lighthouse of Portus ANT...
Tell you what. I volunteer to be a judge, if one is needed.
Don't worry about me. I have more than enough coins to keep me busy! Besides, it's a great idea that I think everyone here should participate in....
This is a great idea! I play a miniature version every time I view an auction. But I think I would best abstain - I have an unfair advantage...
The best advice here is to forget about "doing a set." Collect good-quality coins that interest you and are in your price range. Eventually, a...
That's an extremely vague statement, depending on your definition of "Imperial." If you mean coins struck in the types of the Rome mint, bearing...
Definitely try your hand at cleaning some ancient bronzes. It's an inexpensive and interesting introduction to the hobby and how many of us were...
This is a gamma - Γ - its the third letter in the Greek alphabet. There is no mention of the letter in the description of RIC 117 that I see....
That is a coin of Constantine I as Augustus, yours is a coin of Constantine II as Caesar. The obverse legend on yours is CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C....
RIC I attributes all issues to Rome. The best study of the western mints of Claudius is Besombes & Barrandon:...
A fake copying a Spanish colonial 8 reales
Yours is a completely different issue. That is a short cross penny, struck with the same types and legends in the reigns of Henry II, Richard I,...
Canterbury mint; Willem, moneyer. Precise typology and dating is based on letter forms and minor variations in punches. If you break it out of the...
It is a Moroccan copper fals, dated 1299 AH, which corresponds to AD 1881/2. Worth only a few dollars.
This is one of those examples where the algorithms that automatically price most books on Amazon ran wild. Notify the sellers and they should be...
Classics and, by extension, numismatics is one of the few fields that has yet to realize the benefits of using a standardized language. At least...
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