Beautiful coins and photos!
Bingo! That one matches the size and weight as well.
I also thought the portrait style seemed odd but I didn't know there were imitations. I'm sure that's what the OP's coin is.
This seems about the closest I could find. The weight is a bit off though. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5146726
[ATTACH] SICILY, SYRACUSE Time of Agathokles, 317-289 BC AE (15.51mm, 4.10g, 7h) Struck 317-310 BC Obverse: Head of Kore left; dolphin in front,...
Wow, that's a beauty!
Nice! I like the Titus and the Septimius Severus tetradrachms.
Very nice coin!
Whatever you think of Constantine's understanding of and conversion to Christianity, I think it's extremely hard to argue that he wasn't sincere...
BCD Thessaly II 417.2 ? acsearch.info - Auction research
Thanks! I will add that information to my collection database. Too bad it's not cited - that would have been a nice bonus. :)
Thank you all for your comments! :) @Tall Paul that is a breathtaking stater - congrats!
That's a nice example!
Sorry! Good news is, I don't think you'll have much trouble getting your money back out of it, if you choose to resell.
Assuming the coin's surfaces haven't been altered (i.e., tooling, excessive smoothing) I would say 360 euros is a very good price. This variety...
My example - ex Frank S. Robinson: [ATTACH] CONSTANTIUS II, AD 337-361 AE Centenionalis (23.98mm, 4.79g, 11h) Struck AD 351-2. Syria, Antioch...
That's interesting! I would suspect that might have been John Quincy Adams. Turner was too young (b. 1794) to have had anything to do with the...
Thank you all for the kind words! @Bing I asked the dealer about the chest and he told me he sold it about a year ago. That would have been a...
Anyone have one of these? [ATTACH] GORDIAN III, AD 238-244 AE As (25.10mm, 8.47g, 12h) Struck AD 242/3. Rome mint Obverse: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS...
Nice coins.
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