Doggone it guys. I just made a special folder yesterday to put away with all my old litigation and here I had to dig it all out again. You are...
Sorry folks. Bringing up the rear again. But I was a couple of days late in looking at the post and knowing how crappy my pics are from my dinky...
Would these clowns make the mail 'run on time'?
Somebody say "Lira"?
Once again, coming in on the tail-end of several discussions. Yet, surely the coins we depict here represent "History". History is what it is. The...
Finally after long cleaning, soaking, et al and soaked in BTA for three days. My new Augustus was ready. Yea, I broke down and went and got it...
I am a relative newbie myself, so I get it. When I first realized I could 'own' and have Roman history to myself-I did two things: bought...
[ATTACH] Forum Ancient coins made me an offer I couldn't refuse: "Billion Follis Thessolonica Mint (Salonika Greek) RIC VI 375: O. VAL. LICINIUS...
Yes a genuine from the emperors of that year is spectacular. Not necessarily referring to this particular coin I wonder about obvious wear. How...
I've posted this before. Of course each coin is different on one hand. Mostly I took from YT too but tried various methods. Electrolysis never...
I don't think I would mistake a JC Gold aureus: I remember the discussion was that it was minted just before the assassination. Would a denarius...
Was thinking about this the other day: in an old kids magic book it has a trick on how to turn pennies "silver" by coating them with "mercury"!...
I recall an episode of "Pawn Stars" where some guy came in who had one and wanted $4g. They had their expert come in and advised them that it was...
Was Apollo overweight or did Nero need to go on a diet?
Ironically it was a recent inexpensive purchase of Licinius from Forum(still in long process of cleaning) which has revived my interest in my...
Covered in thick black lacquer looks like. Yea, been there. Though mine was a cull/slug with a fake pic.
Augustus and Augusta: Hypothetically Nero and Poppaea. My poor rendition but inexpensive. 20 mm 3.1gr. (Sorry for the poor quality but i tried)....
Subject: Junk Gold. Slightly off-topic here but since I recently purchased an inexpensive Radiation detector(Maybe a good a time as any in the...
I have a few sample coins from other nations that are made from aluminum. We all know that the cost of metal exceeds whether copper or zinc...
Not sure my two cents worth is much good here: but I am reminded of a recent "Pawn Stars" episode I saw where the owner bought an item that turned...
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