You managed it. That has very nice quality for a Valerian II.
It looks a lot like a Leo V (813-820, Sear 1630, no photo in Sear. DO 7). Leo V has the advantage in that it is far more common than Leo III....
Ancient-coin collecting is a hobby of the mind. It is what you know about them that makes them more than just small disks. First you learn they...
I bought one coin in a Swiss auction that closed June 30. It arrived yesterday after over two months in customs. July 6 Post Office tracking had:...
@britannia40 , that is a terrific and rapid start! We will be curious to see what arrives next.
If anyone buys from eBay they should first check the FORVM fakesellers list http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0 or...
It looks like you did a good job. Do you have any "before" pictures?
Nero was the first to issue the semis, so if you want a semis, you can't do it earlier. I like the suggestion you work on Trajan or Hadrian, but...
I agree. It is a modern fake.
Here is a 35-34 mm posthumous Alexander the Great: [ATTACH] Struck at Alabanda, Caria, c. 173-167 BC. Distinguished by Pegasus flying left and...
Maybe not consensus, but yes, it is a fake.
I already have a large library of books on ancient coins, so I wasn't expecting much when I got Rynearson's book Collecting Ancient Greek Coins in...
The listed price may not be the price it sold for. If a dealer lists a coin for $1000 on, say, vcoins, and gets an offer at a show for, say, $700...
It becomes less astonishing when you consider how the list was created. It looks at coins offered for sale with photos in printed catalogs and...
The ERIC II list is for Roman imperial coins. If someone has a Roman provincial coin, say of Roman Alexandria, it technically does not count. The...
I have been gradually adding to my pages: http://augustuscoins.com/index.html including this Herennius Etruscus from Antioch: [see the site for...
Maybe you could get a sponsor like some on-line betting company. Almost everything is monetized nowadays and it is hardly a contest if there is no...
@Beginner345 , the mere mention of highrating_lowprice begets hostility (not at you, at him). He is one of the most hated sellers on eBay--not...
Wow! Photos cannot do flan size justice. But, hold them in your hand and you know you really have something special.
Alexander the Great had a major influence on the world, including the world of numismatics. He minted tetradrachms in massive numbers and they are...
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