Thanks AC, I appreciate the reassurances! As for Roman Republic fakes, I've landed a couple - one came to light when I finally got around to...
Nice one, AC. That type is the first Roman Republic denarius I ever bought (in 1988): [ATTACH] Roman Republic Denarius C. Considius...
Sorry to hear about this, AC. That is a pretty convincing fake, at least to me. It rather alarmed me - I have one that looks a lot like it -...
Great coins and great moms too. Not so sure she was the best of moms, but she sure was ambitious for her boy: Julia Soeemias, mother of...
Yeah, I thought it was a little weird. Maybe the piercer had a name starting with "M"? (I promise, despite being a Mike, I did not do the...
One of the odd-balls of the reform-era folles of Justinian I is this one, attributed to a military mint in Salona or Ravenna. These are...
Funny! I have two of these. The eBay seller swore that Caracalla had left these as a tip at a tavern just before heading down the road. The...
Nice write-up Al. Glad that you mentioned people holing those big Justinian folles to wear as pendants. It makes me feel not as bad about this...
I've heard about the coins of Bostra being cast too, mostly from Coin Talk: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/julia-mamaea-of-bostra-cast.298650/...
I'm with RC on this one - it looks tooled or otherwise molested. Furthermore, how do you smooth something and not damage the patina? Which is...
Ooo. I've never heard of a graveyard patina. :dead: I hope it's not cursed!
I actually have one copper (bronze?) coin with (partial) blue patina that I think is not painted on - this is a Byzantine follis of the emperor...
Not an expert, but it looks real to me too. I actually prefer coins like yours - lots of signs of use. Spanish 2 reales of this era were used a...
Welcome to Coin Talk, BA. That's a nice Severus Alexander you have there. I offer no advice as to the blue spots, but at the risk of sounding...
Nice looking tetradrachm, and nice write-up. I have but a humble AE of uncertain attribution: [ATTACH] Seleucid Kingdom Æ 17 Antiochos...
Nice Bostra for Julia Mamaea you got there, 7Calbrey. I have one like it, with Tyche: [ATTACH] Julia Mamaea Æ 21 (222-235 A.D.)...
Nice coins. Here is one that is not so nice - [ATTACH] Maxentius Æ Follis (310-311 A.D.) Rome mint IMP C MAXENTIVS PF...
Interesting coin. That lousy "B" might actually be a "D". I have a Volusian antoninianus from Antioch that puzzled me the same way. The...
Reviving this thread because I just got my very first Demetrios I Poliorketes - a humble little bronze. Mine has the aphlaston to the left of...
Thanks Gary (and Robert). Most interesting!
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