I'll tack on two from the most common for these Antioch mint. Both are Constantius II. The first (ANA) is my best condition coin of the type....
It is quite nice when a coin with a special variation like the drapery comes with such high eye appeal, surfaces and centering.
I see two questions neither of which I know an answer. Were all mints following the same recipe for silvering? Were some mints in some periods...
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London: Diocletian (no mark = London) [ATTACH] Maximianus by Carausius [ATTACH] Carausius [ATTACH] Maximinus II [ATTACH] Licinius I[ATTACH]...
Trajan has some interesting types and this action shot has always been a favorite. Of course he also has a certain number of 'somebody standing...
This is a good example of a coin that retains appeal long after it stops being high grade.
While I do not believe there are "good coin buyer guidelines" I do find the changes interesting. In the mid 60's I had trouble justifying...
Nope, just a coin looking for a fool to buy it. I am glad I got my money back. I will be slower to accept coins from that dealer now but I can't...
All these are good points. Perhaps my attraction to shows is I get the thrill of the chase some find cleaning the uncleaned or trying to outbid...
[ATTACH] dhill's Annia Faustina is a great coin but makes me want to warn anyone shopping for Provincials that might fill this rare number that...
There is no decent portrait Caligula under $100 except for the Vesta asses. His sestertii get very pricey and fakes abound. There are a few...
[ATTACH] Mine is a junker sestertius. Below is the acsearch upgrade version double sestertius: http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2176888...
I always looked at the question of buying fourrees at more than face a bit differently. An economy depends on public faith in the money system....
We still have the problem we had when CT lumped ancient and world into one group but now the question is when 'World' takes over. 1591 is well...
I do not find wear unattractive compared to some of the other nasties that happened to coins some will call mint state so I don't have many 'MS'...
I suspect the OP coin was once completely encrusted but cleaned mechanically on the surfaces but no effort was made to dig dirt out of the crack....
For many years the denarius was roughly a days pay for a low ranking soldier. If we use today's minimum wage and allow a bit for taxes etc. a...
Q is right about Marcus having trouble finding good help at the mint. There are some good dies but many were cut by people in the wrong line of work.
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