Out of curiosity, I asked Chat GPT about a certain "star and crescent tesserae series." It gave me a detailed description of said series. A...
Fantastic Silver Trihemiobol (or obol?) from Thasos (Greece), 400 - 350 BCE Obverse: Satyr running and holding Kylix Reverse: Volute Krater...
I was recently at my local coin shop, and a slab caught my eye. It was an NGC vault box slab of Faustina the Elder. It was buffed to a mirror...
I am currently taking a course on the Punic War, and think I might start a small sub-collection of Carthaginian allies. I am keeping my eyes open...
My write-up draws much of its information from the Bruttians' Wikipedia page, Livy's Hannibal's War (23.11), and Forum ancient coins:...
Lovely! Such a fun region to collect
E22 from Bruttia, the Brettian League, 215-205 BC [ATTACH] Obverse: Zeus head right within laurel wreathe (unfortunately the patina is heavily...
Thank you for the detailed comment! Unfortunately, I have been unable to find any papers on the series - though there may be some works out...
I'd reckon. The imagery also supports this idea!
The one coin that isn't holed still seems to have either been holed at one point and plugged, or was not punched hard enough to break through....
Some time ago, I purchased a lot of 5 unidentified tesserae for $25. All five have a lovely star and crescent design and quite interesting...
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