This is a fine coin with that face of Phraatakes but the coin I really wanted was handled by CNG a few years ago. It seems a shame to have an...
Do I see a clashed die reverse right?
Mine (3.0g) is plated showing a classic example of a seam where the foil overlapped as well as core exposure. Is yours? [ATTACH]
Since we have those among us who collect in different 'ways' it might be fair to ask this question: Would the price you would have paid been...
That die was used a lot or we have a hoard that includes many of them. It is familiar. [ATTACH] When making those dies, the idea of planning...
I see no way that this involves a die transfer forgery. It would be a cast if it is fake. I'm suspecting the lower coin has residue from...
21. Minerva and her friends also named Minerva: The original idea of this 30 days has Septimius thread appealed to me and I posted on coin a day...
Overall, I'd say you did well but my experience reselling lower grade coins suggests to me you should plan on passing those on to the young...
maridvnvm's VICTOR IVST AVS coin really upsets the traditional dating scheme for these. It is a reverse die match with my coin below which uses...
It reminds me of my first gold ancient (E not S). Mine was only $115 but melt was lower in 1992. $230 give or take melt value now? Is this one...
20. Those of us who like to look for die matches appreciate things like die breaks that make things easier. This relatively scarce IIC obverse...
To Sev, from Alexandria. Antoninus Pius tetradrachm [ATTACH] Commodus tetradrachm [ATTACH] Philip I tetradrachm [ATTACH] Tacitus...
Mine is different in the number of rays in the star on the headgear. I bought it from Fred Shore (book author) in 1993 (year his book came out)...
Yours: [IMG] Mine is by far the lesser example: [ATTACH] I have seen quite a few Sasanian coins that were holed and plugged (like mine) so...
My favorite pirate coin is this Tarkondimotos who was a Cilician pirate who allied with several Imperators along the way until he died shortly...
Talk me through the process that led you to change the mint assignment to 'Laodicea'. Your seller envelope reads RIC 23 but you quote both the...
Yes but we have only one A so it would be LAETITI AVG N. I still see that as the best answer and anything goes with barbarous coins.
19. A popular sestertius type shows the three Monetae, one for each metal. Mine is a flat strike but was selected for the surfaces. Note the...
We have had a couple LAETITIA coins from different mints in the above listings. I bought this one just because it was 'different'. I assume it...
While it is a factor on most coins, these folles show two kinds of rarity. There are coins that are hard to find period! Also there are coins...
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