I did some searches on ACSearch for ancient Egyptian tesserae and tokens, not so much to try to find an exact match, but more to see if I could...
Thanks!
Have there ever been any commemorative coins or other works of art depicting the death of Elvis?
I don't know why you seem to be so invested in sowing doubt in a case where -- out of all the cases where it might be justified! -- it doesn't...
M. Cougnard of Odysseus Numismatique has asked me to post this corrected/clarified version of his comment above, with apologies for his English --...
I've posted this before, but it's my only coin from Philadelphia in Lydia. By the time this coin was issued, Lydia belonged to Rome, so this is...
Once I receive it, maybe I'll take more photos, and maybe there'll be some way of figuring out exactly what it's made of.
I think you're mistaken about the allegedly missing nick on the edge, examining the two photos again and taking the deficiencies of the earlier...
Isn't the term tessera used broadly enough with respect to Roman Egypt that it could encompass almost any kind of exonumia that in more modern...
Fascinating. Thanks. If the 1966 photo of my coin really is of a cast (I wasn't sure), at least the flan shape was preserved almost exactly. Not...
Wow! How many years ago did you buy it?
I heard back from Julien Cougnard, the proprietor of Odysseus Numismatique. With his permission, this is what he said: "I don't have the Depeyrot...
Thanks once again. I think your explanation has to be correct.
I assume you mean a Roman Imperial obverse, because every Roman Republican obverse would qualify! Here's one: Julia Titi Flavia (daughter of...
Thanks; I'll seriously consider it. I've never been in touch with Clare Rowan before, although I do have her book, and do know (through a number...
I do see what you mean, but looking at the two photos together, repeatedly and as carefully as possible, I am pretty sure that the apparent...
I only wish! 5 ancient gold coins purchased in the last year isn't exactly a habit. I hope it doesn't become one!
A very beautiful coin. Congratulations!
I don't think he was saying that that isn't a phoenix on my coin; rather, that he doesn't know of any ancient Greek coins depicting a phoenix. My...
Further thanks for your allowing me to "see" Harpocrates as a left-facing crowned bust, seen in profile, with his left arm and forefinger held up...
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