When @Orfew upgraded his Otho, I was happy to pick up his old example at an AMCC auction for $365. The main criterion for me was that I had to see...
Always a good year to add a nice legionary denarius to your collection.
I saw that one too late. I think I would’ve bought it. In some ways I like it better than mine even though I paid four times the price. Great catch.
A wise pick up. See what I did there? Great information in these posts. Thanks everybody.
Nice catch.
So I’d like to resurrect this thread for a second time. I was pleased to see this scarce Constantine coin in the Aegean numismatics inventory and...
Wow.
Love can be funny like that. G.
Amazing set from an amazing hoard.
It’s like having a spare Holy Grail.
Wow! Thanks for these generous comments! I’m definitely bookmarking this page for when my owl fund reaches critical mass.
That is a lovely coin. I can almost see a kind of individualized expression in that portrait of Athena, as opposed to the typically stiff and...
A lot of folks do not want a test cut on their owl. I don’t have an owl yet, but when I do get one, it will be with a test cut. It helps on the...
That’s a great Owl. And cool quirky Licinius.
Love that crocodile!
I hadn’t thought about provincials; I couldn’t find that reverse iconography on imperial issues. So those provincial reverses featuring Tyche seem...
I’ll get the guesses started. The obverse looks to be a fairly mature Marcus Aurelius. (Which means Lucius Verus is also a possibility.) The...
Ancient counterfeits— usually fourrees— of Otho are known. But your coin does not show any evidence of being fourree....
I’m confused by this post. You say you dug up this coin yourself this weekend. But you also seem to worry that it’s counterfeit. How could it...
I am a budget collector, so I always say buy the best coin in the best condition you can afford. If this is it, go for it. But to be honest, I...
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