A conspiracy theory says there are no genuine coins, only well-made forgeries in order to whitewash Greek gods and Roman emperors, who were...
This coin may be an imitation of tiny 12 mm AE of Hierapolis (Manbij, Syria). The original coin is this one : [ATTACH] Hierapolis, AE 13 mm...
Just from the photo, my 1st impression is that it's a cast fake. But if it is from an auction, I suppose they have an expert who validated the...
Well... This coin looks very much like the tetradrachms of the big Rafah hoard found in 2010, but it's not one of them. I don't know if the obv....
If it had been a genuine discovery, and not an hoax, it would have rewritten nothing. There were many people who travelled between Western Europe...
Yes, a tetradrachm of Sophytes, king of Baktria. But I could not positively explain why, the one on your avatar looks weird to me...
This is one of the best bronze coin cleanings I have ever seen.
I am sorry to be positive about this but, like all others, I think this tetradrachm is a fake. And the one on your avatar looks fake too.
It could even be that your coin and the well-preserved example of the RPC website are an obverse die match. [ATTACH]
Don't you think the portraits of Julian as Caesar have oversized ears?
Curious theory... Where did you find it? What if the mint supervisor had been named Lucius Aurelius Stercorius? [ATTACH]
Even before I scrolled down to see the reverse, I could recognize the style of the Thessalonica mint. The obverse die of this coin was perhaps cut...
Two coins of young and older Julian. I like the off-centred little AE3, for its nice portrait. [ATTACH] Julian as Caesar, AE3, Alexandria,...
It's a coin of Maximinus Thrax, from Perge, Pamphylia. RPC VI, 6189 (temporary) [ATTACH] https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/6189
Here are my Tetricusses [ATTACH] There is also an imitation : [ATTACH] ... and Tetricus Junior ! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The propylaeum of Baalbek was built under Philip the Arab, that's why it is represented on his wife Otacilia's coins. [ATTACH] Today we can...
Jesus Christ King of Kings
[ATTACH] Four letters, from t. to l. : G, M, L, T. That's Gamilat, Rabbel II's queen. It cannot be anything else. The chiseled flan and the...
Israel is the only country I know where the random (or scientific) find of an ancient bronze coin is announced in the press. And if it's an...
Same coin as yours, but from Beroia (Aleppo, Syria) [ATTACH] Obv.: Illegible legend. Laureate bust of Trajan right. Rev.: BEPOI / AIωN / Γ in wreath
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