For the record: I have enjoyed the friendship of PeteB since what seems like the beginning of time but actually only dates to when we were both...
No, the difference would be that if you caused your eyes to not converge at all but just look straight forward so the right eye saw the right...
Some coins lend themselves better to photos beyond drivers license level. My main venture into 'art' has been limited to angles [IMG] [IMG]...
I got the coins I have (all common) from names on the good list several years ago when I was trying to get interested. At that time several...
What happens when the consigning customer and the purchasing customer disagree? An auction house is dependent of a steady flow of material to...
I saw it and lost interest for the same doubts. The fields in front of the face are smoothed but I was not sure whether the face was enhanced....
We need to know one thing before being too hard on this forger. Is this fake his PhD thesis or his homework in kindergarten? OK, the snake did...
Mine is a hemidrachm at 12.58g but looks the same in a photo. [ATTACH]
Perhaps we should mention one other factor in dating coins: lying. Just because a coin says something on it does not mean that data is accurate....
Caracalla also used a statue on his version. [ATTACH]
That was the thread that came as close to driving me out of Coin Talk as any. There were those who take pride in complaining who took the post as...
Tragilos AR hemiobol 8mm 0.33g [ATTACH] I was told by someone I had previously considered knowledgable that the weights of the very small...
https://www.cointalk.com/threads/hilaritas-versus-laetitia-whats-the-difference.325194/#post-3212121 We had a thread (above) that covered this...
This brings up a really good point. The most honest dealer in the world but one who can't tell Alexander from Seleukos when written clearly in...
I was confused by talking about two coins at once but neither is Gallus.
There are two things that show in your photo that rule out Gallus. One is legend but one is not. [IMG]
No.
Other than the finders, have other experts in the coins of that period commented on these being 9th century or coins? I know nothing of the...
Understand: I really like the Emmett book and think all who have any interest should buy one now and thank the author for all his good work....
This thread shows the huge array of minor differences in ancient coins. In addition to all the different mints, each die was hand cut by one of a...
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