Here are a couple of owl tetradrachm examples. Like @Codera, this is not my collecting area but as the Athenian owl tetradrachm is such an iconic...
Man, that's too bad! Looks like the coin was in great shape, but the patina's too brittle and flakes off with the surface deposits. Pretty hit and...
Agree, it is a modern cast fake.
It's RIC1 60 as the legend is NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS not IMP NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS
Nero, 54-68 AD. The Salus reverse is pretty common, but Nero is a scarcer emperor. Nice coin!
There are other factors that have come into play as well. In the olden days, when people were limited to buying from mail-order price lists, local...
For me it depends as well. Typically medieval coin designs may not have busts of rulers or gods on them like Roman or Greek coins, so it's more...
Makes sense, thanks for clarifying! Nice coins!
Did you find those or acquire them?
Cool sculpture... but what's the connection with Hadrian and Sabina to Provence?
There is a product called Verdi-Care which sometimes works.
Thanks!
Curious to see the tetradrachm which NGC declared a fake as well, if you can show that. I'm always worried about fakes as well...
To me, all the coins look to be genuine at first glance. As you indicated, the top left two appear to be Alexander drachms. The two obverse styles...
I can't imagine that customs agents will have the time or inclination to make sense of any of this, especially given that they will now have to...
Separate names with a comma.
