A new Septimius Severus sestertius (say that 3 times fast) recently came my way and I was hoping for a little help with it. First off, I can't...
Feast or famine; with ancient countermarks, I find that either there is no information on them whatsoever, or a feast, with an abundance of...
I've been working up a scruffy batch of Roman Provinicials (and two imperials) from eBay and I made what seems to be an unusual discovery - a...
I've been getting batches of low-grade Roman Provincials of late, which have been a lot of fun to attribute, if not very handsome to look at....
I almost never buy slabs because I cannot afford them. This one was $30 on eBay, which is a bit salty for a worn as of Vespasian. Slabbed as a...
The stories behind the coins we collect can be very interesting. Over the years I have occasionally poked around traveler's accounts, travel...
My favorite way to collect ancients is random acts of eBay. So I often find myself drifting into areas I've never heard of, let alone collected....
This showed up in a lowball lot of ancients from eBay, and I am stumped. I cannot even tell what it is I am looking at. A stylized ruler...
Hoping a Thrace or Deultum expert can help me with this one. Here is Macrinus with Dionysos and a panther at his feet left (not clear in my...
Just in the mail, this common denarius of Severus Alexander - this is RIC 238 I believe, IOVI PROPVGNATORI where Jupiter is holding an eagle....
I've been wanting one of these for a while, and finally landed one, a square rupee of Akbar the Great, Mughal India. They are pretty common, but...
When a Nero sestertius shows up on eBay for $9.95 "buy it now," I find my trigger finger getting itchy. It was described only as "looks Roman" so...
Recently I find myself drawn to older Indian coins. Unfortunately, I can hardly tell which side is right side-up on these. And I can't read them...
I've been trying to figure this out and failing - not sure what it weighs, but it is 20 mm or so. The three pellets led me to believe it is a...
May '21 was a really good month for countermarks for me. So if you don't mind some show & tell...:angelic: Two different Domitian AEs from...
Normally I can figure these out, but this late Roman Egyptian tetradrachm is really baffling me. It is 20 mm and 6.68 grams. The obverse...
Just got in a Byzantine follis of Justin I minted in Nikomedia. For these early undated folles, the attribution process is fairly straightforward...
This turned out to be a lucky eBay find (it was advertised as "Greek"). Apparently this is a late-period Roman Republic uncia issued by M....
I bought this one because it was cute and I thought it would be a chinch to identify. Nope. I am stumped; after ransacking acsearch, etc., I am...
There hasn't been many trashy threads lately, so I thought I'd bring down the Coin Talk neighborhood real estate values with some uglies. :yack:...
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