Here's a fun Kassander. [ATTACH]
I think 1-4 are all likely Ptolemy VI-VIII Sv1424b if they are all around 28mm. Edit… noticing the dime, they may be smaller so I may be wrong....
Hi Donna, that's a great coin. congrats! I'd much rather have a coin worn with good surfaces than something with rough patina. Here's my favorite...
Nice coin! P Bots are back...
What about weird, silver cast campgates?! [ATTACH]
…Also this reverse figure on the Claudius has a pretty sweet beard… so probably a giveaway not Virtus.
Haha, love the Jared Leto comparison. Reminds me of this from a few years ago where a classical statues were given a hipster makeover....
Great coin, lots of detail in the right places! Haha. Here’s a similar reverse but showing Virtus I think with a VIRTVTI EXERCITVS legend....
I posted about mine (uglier) on FORVM a few years ago with the same questions about timeframe. I got some input from the person behind the...
Nice coins @hotwheelsearl ! I’m not sure what I think of Valerian but I do find him and the time period interesting. Here are my versions of...
Look under the mint of Arles, which was renamed Constantia for a period of time.
These coins seem to be very common in rough shape but they’re certainly hard to find in good shape! I have probably 10 coins of this type from...
Great Constantius I coins everyone. I like this coin for the curly beard and that it’s from a mint way across the empire from where he was Caesar....
Haha, I’ll fess up. My very first ancient coin was one of these. I had a left over $20 Amazon gift card from Christmas 2013 that I decided to use...
There are some other good apps to spice up phone coin photos. Other than FrameMagic mentioned above you can use the free Background Eraser app to...
As close as I can get…. Which is not very close as this is a year 14. But this gave me a chance to post this coin. I really like it. [ATTACH]...
eBay! This was the winter pre-pandemic (Nov 2019 maybe?) when junk was still widely available at reasonable prices. Haha… this lot may get me $150...
Thanks all so far. Your questions, comment and support are going to give me the jumpstart I need to get started. I wanted to get this post up… but...
I just can’t help myself sometimes… Last winter I was browsing the bay sippin’ some beverages and came across a lot of coins in terrible...
I agree… I see AVPHΛIANOC along the top. The PH is somewhat rubbed out but the rest is visible.
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