I think there are two plausible mechanisms by which reverses often look sharper than the obverse, only one having to do with wear. First, the...
I agree they're a die match (edited above after overlaying). It could be that there was only a single pair of dies for the genuine coins of that...
In my opinion, the two coins are definitely NOT die matches -- at least not double. (Just compare the placement of the letters in the legends, the...
I just emailed to Kolbe & Fanning, by the way, so they won't reproduce that description in their future catalogs, and may be able to point me to...
I believe you are right. Karl Kress numismatist was born in 1892, but the one captured by the MFAA was reportedly born 1900. So I'm going to...
Thank you for brining that up -- it is a good question and definitely worth following up on. I had wondered about that for some time, since the...
Donna, thanks for sharing that coinsweekly article, I hadn't seen it, but it's now in my biblio notes file! EDIT: I've edited/moved the erroneous...
Congratulations, great coin! I love Republican brockages -- especially this one since it has my name on both sides!!!
I'm assuming this is a Koinon of Bithynia under Hadrian. Perhaps RPC from about 991 to 1021 (page 2 & page 3 of these search results). Your best...
Zoilos: [ATTACH] Pseudo-Rhodian Drachm, struck under Perseus, to pay Cretan mercenaries. CNG once wrote of this type (in EA 470 [17 June 2020],...
I think it looks fine. You can see very minor cleaning marks, but you can see that on most large bronzes blown up with that resolution. It doesn't...
You can read the history of the firm here on their website or a very short history on the British Museum site (very useful source for numismatic...
Misattribution can be a collector's best friend! It's the main reason I occasional go trolling through some of the new budget auctioneers we're...
As for X -- closest fit I can think of is Constantine X Ducas (AD 1059-1067), though the X was not a contemporary "name," and Rome was long lost...
Great Denarius @The Meat man (that one was purchased from Lincoln Higgie, too -- apparently he was a favorite of Bressett)! Great catch on the...
Are we on to "M"? I guess "K" could've been a provincial of Commodus (or Caracalla, etc.) with a Greek legend! (Kinda stretching it.) Μ Α...
BCD Peloponnesos 969.1 is the final auction record you've linked. LHS 96 was the BCD Collection of Peloponnesos. So the other auctions were...
I personally would have no problem with that one! Perhaps the obverse die is a bit worn or just a die slip, I don't think it's crudely engraved....
It really does have the appearance of a Trier, including the style of the soldier & horseman. One thing I notice comparing yours to @maridvnvm 's...
Well, I was thinking about posting one of my Eugenius AV Solidi, but I don't have any yet, so I think I'll go with Elagabalus Tetradrachm:...
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