There are many youtube videos about recreating Roman hairstyles. Here is one about a hairstyle of Faustina II and it will link to others: [MEDIA]
When looking for lists of eBay fakesellers, try googling fakesellers eBay
Just so you don't go with just one or two opinions, I'll add mine: it is a modern fake.
I wanted to post my page of links to another thread, but I thought I should check it first for broken links because it has been months since I...
Doug is wise. Coin collecting is a hobby of the mind and your collection will please you, or not, depending upon what is in your mind. What is in...
Read this FAQ page for beginners: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/ It has lots of information and advice.
If you just ate salty potato ships, wash your hands, and don't put lotion on them. As others have said, clean hands are good enough.
"Buy low, sell high." Why do so many people decline to buy when commodities are low and instead, contrary to obvious advice, buy them only long...
I added eight very nice Greek silver and AE coins to my Greek page: http://augustuscoins.com/Greek.html They include a new style tetradrachm of...
Ah! I think you are right. Thanks for pointing that out.
It could well be die damage. The quadriga exhibits 8 front legs of horses and 8 rear legs, plus, just in front of the foremost rear leg, some...
The google translation of the article has this: "No one else will know of this treasure until it is clearly identified. For three long years,...
Here is my educational page on the "quarter-follis" denomination: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/qf/ including this one of Severus II. [ATTACH]...
This is one of the earliest AD-dated coins: [ATTACH] Special early dated coin! Pre 1500 AD. There are books on these pre 1500 AD-dated coins....
Yes. It has GAL in the name.. The Augustus we call Galerius was named C. Galerius Valerius Maximianus. His coins which used legends...
It looks like an obverse die match, but not a reverse die match.
Here is another Galerius from London, as NOB CAES:[ATTACH] By the way in the OP I don't see I just see a little roughness and regular naked...
I just eight nice Constantinian era coins to my fixed-price site: http://augustuscoins.com/Tetrarchy.html at the top. They include some high...
Here is my coin of the OP type: [ATTACH] PAX FVNDATA Peace founded by winning. Take their arms and take the men captive and there will be no more...
That is an excellent example of a rarity, far excelling mine on my page. In his 1993 article van Heesch knew of only 4.
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