In 1997, I posted this AE but weakly attracted to a magnet Geta/Asklepios of Pautalia to the least successful of my web pages. Replys were few....
Sometimes those flan cracks fall in the wrong places. [ATTACH]
Folles are most popular because of their size: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ...but, in all honesty, I still prefer the...
My experience over the years is that if I can talk myself out of buying a coin 'right now', I should. My favorite 'find' came on a VCoins list...
My Prieur 1580 is listed in my records using the other mint choice Akko. I never considered it all that crude but such things are influenced by...
My 1761 most certainly is not nicer but it follows the furryfrog02 example demonstrating why many of these are less than beautiful. It is...
[MEDIA] The new Aaron Berk podcast on YouTube (link above) has an extensive section on the Zoo coins of Gallienus which some of out CT family...
Years ago I recall seeing a broken hollow copper shell with traces of 'rust' which I was told was a 'fourree' as of Nero. Iron does not survive...
This brings up a point of confusion. This type shows the front half of a lion facing one way with his head reverted to look the opposite way....
There is definitely a difference in qualities in portraits on Caracalla Caesar sestertii. I have always been fond of mine. [ATTACH] Geta did...
Your ticket says RIC 551 "or similar". I'd be interested why someone thought it necessary to add that "or similar". Mine is 551 (unqualified by...
Great starter coin. One dealer pointed out that the Miletos was the earliest Greek coin you can could get cheap. Compare yours to the others...
From my perspective the best thing about shows is that you never know what you will find and you rarely come home with nothing more than your want...
I wanted one of these for a long time but was turned off by so many of them being off center on small flans missing either the legend or most of...
Donna's post describes my opinion on the coins. I bought a few from CNG before I caught on to the surfaces 'problem' and cut way back on my...
It seems a fair question: Are we wronging a coin seller/auction when we complain they sell tooled coins that have been labeled as 'Tooled'? In a...
Tejas summarizes the situation well. In today's very digital world, ancient coins are quite analog. All EF coins are not equally EF. All...
I have wanted a coin of the type but not found 'the one'. They also come from Valerian so it seems reasonable that the type might be out there...
I find it quite refreshing to see a post from a relatively young collector who can so correctly summarize the situation. Slabbed ancients were...
We differ greatly on the definition of 'rarity'. We know from sales records that there are about 100 known examples of the EID MAR. A few of...
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