Roman emperor Domitianus. The reason the horse looks relatively small relative to the rider is because in roman times, horses were actually...
By the way, Doug - those are some nice bronzes you have there. I particularly like Trajan on horseback, and the Shield (macedonian?) reverses....
Thank you, Ardatirion. I will be interesting to see what that reference says.
Style is OK, but weight variance from the norm sees a little too high. Check the edge design: it should be a chained link design. Maybe it was...
Thank you, doug. Here is the one that threw me off. CNG call this coin a Dupondius with Laureate Bust. I see no difference to others they call...
This Trajan bronze came in a lot I bought many years ago. It is a scarce type, and surprisingly it was just thrown in with a lot of other 1st...
Like your new lady, Mat.
I grade the 1884 MS 60. I see slight wear only on the eagles breast, but this may be due to strike. Nice coin. The 1883 I grade XF45, with nice...
These are chilean coins from the early 19th century - a peso dated 1818, a real dated 1834, and a escudo also dated 1834. Depicted on the...
And here an 1801, S-219, R-2 - popular '3 errors reverse' which I picked up at Summer F.U.N in Orlando this year.
Here is my 1804. Die State C (rim breaks on both obverse and reverse)
And now, Greg, time for you to post your beautiful 1804.
+2 I feel the same way. The early coppers bring to mind the pioneering days as America was forming and expanding, and discovering those vast and...
1802, S-241, R-1. Stemless wreath. S in STATES first cut too low then corrected.
1800 S-212, R-3 Characterized by a spike in the inner circle of C in CENT.
1800, S-202, R4+ Advanced die state with massive breaks behind and below the bust.
1798/7, widest overdate for the year. S-152, R-2
1797, s-137, r-2.
1797, S-132, R-2. Stemless Wreath with huge die break behind the bust.
Are we up to 1799 already? I still have all of 1797 and 1798 to go through, but, like you, will have to skip 1799.......
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