Why would you not trust the dealer who has the benefit of having the coin in hand? I have never heard a disparaging word about them either.
The flan shapes are the same and as Martin said in the other thread, "either one or both are casts" though there is always a chance it is the host...
Frank, a small correction (copy and paste error?)...your workshop is B.
it is a replica and worth little if nothing...notice it says "fine brass" on the reverse.
the coin on the right is from Cyzicus.
my current favorite is fully silvered with a glossy green patina [ATTACH] Constantine I A.D. 318-19 19mm 3.0g IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG;...
I have a webpage using material from ACE on the edict (not complete), including exchange rate near the bottom....
I would, because the two captives series used ANA as a mintmark.
I used to have an example with VSV as the mintmark. [ATTACH] Some theories about this-- 1) Treat it like XXI (the radiate aurelianus...
it seems the last two letters in the mintmark are KA, so SMKA for Cyzicus.
it looks like it Yes, sometimes dies were reworked.
good riddance to him. he slabbed coins in his basement under the name National Numismatic Certification...trying to con people into believing that...
a couple of questions raised here (which was first Imperial or provincial and camel humps) are talked about in Numismatic Chronicle 2015 The...
here's your first coin with a CNG description [ATTACH] SYRIA, Coele-Syria. Damascus. Philip II. As Caesar, AD 244-247. Æ (26mm, 11.43 g, 12h)....
here are some more examples and the prices they sold for. $35.00 [ATTACH] $75.00 [ATTACH] $85.00 [ATTACH] $86.00 [ATTACH] $110.00...
here's a similar example from a different year (unless yours is also LE...hard to tell from the picture) that sold for $62 Antoninus Pius BI...
I've got a few nicer ones [ATTACH] Gallienus A.D. 259- 260 AR Antoninianus 20x21mm 3.7gm IMP GALLIENVS P AVG; radiate and cuirassed bust...
I sold this nice example to an expat in Saudi Arabia [ATTACH] Trajan A.D. 103-111 Æ As 25x26mm 9.3gm IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC...
from an older post -- The GENIO type is a common reverse and was issued by the Tetrarchic emperors for over a decade, but the seemingly peaceful...
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