The placement of the 'bubbles' and the overall softness makes me suspect it is a cast forgery. I'm not 100% certain from this photo but I do not...
Today, two separate dealers conspired to fill my mailbox each by sending a coin from opposing sides c. 351 AD. When Constantius II appointed his...
[ATTACH] Mine is small like Steve's but a different king (Addirmilk, circa 375-351 BC, I suspect???). Note thatwe have different 2 digit...
To see if anyone agrees: In my opinion the 1964 Kennedy half is what killed the half dollar as a circulating coin. Before that 50 cents was a...
[ATTACH] We, today, are so fond of the Great Sphinx and the pyramids at Giza. From antiquity we have this coin and no pyramid? As mentioned,...
The portrait style on that Prusa obverse looks very 'Roman'. I wonder where the die was cut.
I consider it a fair question to ask ourselves if we are willing to pay $1600 for a certainly identified rarity with legends that remove all doubt...
While I absolutely love the lifetime guarantee concept, the real hope is that we never need to use one. That is why we value both honesty and...
No. There is no text that will protect. The best path is as detailed above, especially the line: "I spent loads of time drooling over the...
Ancient coins are probably more like handwriting than they are like modern coins. They are all different but there is a style or pattern of...
I'll show a special Domna to no one but me. I'm not exactly sure when I got it but I had it in the Fall of 1964 when I took a photo of my coins...
Remember that ERIC does not consider Provincials and the numbers would be a lot different for some rulers if it did. Tranquillina and Diadumenian...
The group of coins shown there are shekels of Tyre bearing the reverse legend TΥΡOΥ IEΡAΣ KAI AΣΥΛOΥ (of Tyre the holy and inviolable) and the...
The nerve of that woman! No Beard? What is the world coming to? I will hold on to hope.
For those who like to study something just a little bit different, it is hard to beat Sasanian coins. They are quite different looking from their...
It is in an Italian restaurant. I saw one guy eat more than my whole family could eat in a setting. I seriously believe the food is a greater...
Yes and Athenian owls. It might be an interesting thread to list as many other coing in this category as we can. There are coins that are never...
I mentioned earlier giving a 15 minute talk on ancients for people who collect modern at a local club. I survived but am glad its over....
These are usually on a flan that requires choices of what to lose. My coins are low grade but have both horns at the expense of the tail....
Some coin! The photos strike me as great considering the coin is slabbed.
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