Differences between owl tetradrachms are generally very subtle. A very broad and easy rule of thumb is to look at the tail feathers of the owl, if...
On second thought, it may be a cast copy of a genuine coin. Regardless though, I doubt if it is worth anything, except the silver value (assuming...
It's trying to imitate a silver Carthaginian tetradrachm, something like this: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7743384 However, your...
How is there a sacrifice of secrecy, when there is no way to tell who the current owner of a coin is (from a photo)? How can one be reasonably...
I do not have the time today to look further, but all of these look like pressed fakes. Meaning they were pressed with modern equipment and dies...
The OP coin is a tremissis which has an eight pointed star in the right field. That will suggest it's a later issue, likely of Theodosius II,...
If the stuff was blue, like you said, then it was likely to be natural toning (aka tarnishing) of silver. Silver reacts with sulfur in the air,...
There is no image of the reverse and I don't know enough about sestertii in any case. Having said that, just in case you are really having doubts...
I still think the OP coin reads COMOB instead of CONOB. Especially when the image is enlarged. But leaving that aside, COMOB and CONOB are both...
I read the above, noted the double quoted COMOB, and was confused. Then I looked at the coin image again, verified that it did read COMOB, and I...
I may be wrong but I do not think such an ancient coin exists.
I'm assuming you agree that coins with As or upside down Vs can both be genuine? If so, thank you.
You stand by what you said? For clarity, your claim is: If that is so, are the coins I posted all fake? Surely that is untrue. Simply put,...
Fictional conversation between two Romans in the time of Claudius. Cornelius: Hey Marcus! Marcus: Yeah Cornelius? C: I just found out they...
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