Perhaps I didn't read closely enough, but how does one acquire (or borrow) this technology?
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[IMG] These are somewhat clearer examples to show you what your coins looked like at one time - neither of your coins are likely to be from the...
I concur - the Licinius is a "SOLI INVICTO COMITI" follis dating to the "3-teens" (313-319 AD or thereabouts) and the Valentinan I is a "GLORIA...
"Exceptional for type" would be an understatement.
That page was created and run, at least for a time, by Dr. Marci Kulick - I know her as a contributor to Ancient Coins for Education, although we...
"Hen to co-Hen, Hen to co-Hen..." old joke, couldn't resist. That reverse type was used on coins in at least 3 different denominations of which...
Although there's a lot to be said for coins in "gemmy" condition, it always seems to me that they're rather like the unfortunate specimens of rare...
Of course it should be noted that Elagabalus was not shy about having himself portrayed wearing one of his favorite decorations on his crown....
Bear in mind that at the rate at which antoniniani were being struck at that time (some estimate up to a million a day at a major mint like Rome)...
I wish I had a decent reference for jetons, but aside from a few somewhat "homemade" websites, there seems to be very little written that is more...
I am familiar with the coin of which you speak - I have a specimen of this same type which is a Nuremberg jeton - mass-produced in the 18th & 19th...
Yes, they will tend at 20 coins per page to fill a three-ring binder pretty quickly. My binders occupy about 8'-9' linear feet of shelf, currently...
These are among the original "Limes Falsa" types and are known in both Britain and northern Gaul during the same time-frame. (This is also why...
I'm surprised no one has recommended the excellent work of Steven Saylor yet. He has written a whole series of "detective adventures" starring his...
and here are a couple photos - all taken at the same distance [ATTACH] [ATTACH] sorry for the slight barreling - it was pushing the framing...
Somewhere around here I have a perfect copy of a US Jefferson nickel the size of a quarter. It was made that way as a novelty. I got it in a job...
There appears to be a fair amount of the inscription still legible if you were to magnify the piece and try shining light in on it from various...
The "ethnic" - the legend on the reverse naming the city or area of origin is pretty unlikely to end in an omega, although "...NΩΝ" is a very...
I agree with Glen here - actually, I suspect that the example Zumbly posted is an official mint product, albeit, possibly an official mint...
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