Thank you, shanxi!
My apologies for the poor photo. It's late (for me) and I haven't dragged out all my regular photo equipment. Plus, the coin is only 9 mm, so I'm...
Does anyone know if there was a lighthouse in Panormos at this time?
Having started by scanning coins many, many years ago and sticking with it over time, I have discovered that my best photos are of the coins in...
Compared to a 200-year-old US penny, a 2,000-year-old Greek bronze is an amazing bargain. Expect to pay anywhere from $10 for a coin in just good...
Yes, I think you've nailed it. Thank you, Edessa.
A couple of years ago I got a batch of tiny Greek bronzes, and I've had a lot of fun working my way through the batch and slowly IDing them. So...
In case it's not clear, the complete obverse inscription is D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG. When trying to determine if a coin is an R2 variant or a...
Is that Hadrian and Sabina in the top photo?
For someone just starting out with ancients, I think you made some great purchases. Congratulations, and welcome aboard.
I, too, really like these large, post-reform nummi (or folli). Here's one of my favorites: [IMG] Bronze Nummus Ticinum mint, A.D. 295-296 Obv:...
Most of the coins shown are bronze. Panzerman and IanG each posted a gold example.
Prices for ancient coins on eBay tend to be about 1/2 what dealer would charge. Of course, the overhead is lower on eBay that it is for a...
I stand corrected. The examples above force me to reconsider my assumptions. I would have attributed all of them to Elagabalus. Next, I suppose...
Conclusion: the differences are subtle, and I can't say that any one setup is clearly the best. If you have a coin in good shape, just about any...
Final coin: Bronze nummus of Maximian (not Diocletian, as I said in my initial post). [ATTACH]
Next: Ptolemy II silver tetradrachm. [ATTACH]
The third: Pergamon bronze. [ATTACH]
Here's the second, Philip II: [ATTACH]
I've replaced the white paper with waxed paper and placed it in front of the coin, so now my little project is an actually diffuser, rather than a...
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