Ancient Coins: Zooming In Episode 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Watch part 1 here: • Ancient Coins: Zooming...
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Today, we´re once again zooming in! With the help of a very powerful lens, lets take a look at some great coins from very up close, and see some details of ancient coins we don't see very often.
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I would choose to zoom in on some of the Parthian coins - some of the portraits are simply astounding, especially the earlier coins, and the reverse is very complicated with lots of writing. By zooming in we can study the development of Parthian coin manufacture through a few centuries. Good idea, huh?
The first one was amazing, this one will be as well!
Hi Leo! I remember my first stater of Aspendos had also an obverse looking like that, from an old, worn, rusty obverse die... perhaps the same? As for the images, when they see an ancient uncirculated or extremely fine coin, beginners often think they are fake; ironically, it is much much easier to tell that a coin is authentic when in very high grade... and sometimes not so easy to determine with worn/corroded coins. This video with such sharp images shows very well this point. Great video again! 😄👍
Very good video thanks for sharing my friend 👍
Great video thank you very much.
Great video :) more of these please!
Fantastic video! Thanks to you I have really gotten into the hobby of numismatics. Your videos are always very informative.
Great video Leo! Makes me want to get up close to my hammered coins, now there's an idea!
A close-up look at Sceats and those very early gold Staters would be fascinating!
@@ClassicalNumismatics luckily got 10 through the post this week, I’m on it 🫡
Episode 3: Zooming in on a coin's molecular structure
11:30 I think that 3 bumps below the neck of the horses should be the three other legs. It looks quite sketchy that's for sure. :)
Very Good video👍👍👍👍👍
Beautiful coin friend 🤑🤝🤑
Great video! I have a question i cannot find an answer to online. How much silver was in a siliqua coin?
It was around 90% fine :)
@@ClassicalNumismatics thank you for the answer 🌿
I have an antoninianus of Gallienus in near perfect condition. Would I want to see it at 100x magnification? Maybe not, it might suddenly have flaws!
10:52 someone scratching to see if it was plated? but why 3 times and in the shape of an A? maybe it isnt an A after all.
You might be right!
Maybe someone liked marking his coins with his initial.
Hey man, where can I find a price guide on ancient coins? Specifically and NGC slabbed coin ? Thanks
Slabbing ancient coins isn’t always a good idea IMO
@@CleverMonster101 oh really? Why is that? :)
You should look up my channel, particularly so the playlist for beginners, there are quite a few videos discussing how to navigate the market :)
I really dont like NGC slabbed coins, but these videos should help you nonetheless!
@@ClassicalNumismatics I’ve been watching a bunch of your videos. I collect old American coins, and just starting to enjoy ancient ones 😉
@@TheDrewjirby there’s a video on his channel explaining pros and cons of it & on Aaron Berks podcast channel he mentions it a lot too. It’s just a company’s grade on a coin isn’t always correct & can be subjective. There are just so many differences that can happen with ancient coins and they have to grade them under all of the same criteria which doesn’t always work well. Some people do like the NGC rating, but you’ll find more people in the ancient community don’t love them. For modern coins it’s a different story though (obviously). But for prices I go on different online auction sites and after looking you’ll start to see how much certain coins are worth! And I look on “numisbids” mostly, although there are other sites (I’m just traveling rn and can’t remember them off by heart)