Very nice patina!
Here's one other example, this one depicting Constantine IV with a beard. It was purchased at about the same time as the first example....
Here's a coin that I purchased from Harlan Berk back in the early 90s (that's as close I can get without resorting to carbon 14 dating). It is a...
Normally I do not buy coins based on the animals depicted on them. Every now and then there's a nice example of Pegasus on a stater of Corinth,...
One other note. Here's a photo of the coin market at Charing Cross Road, London. It is held on Saturday on one level of a parking garage not too...
I have always thought of dreams as windows on the subconscious, mixed with current events in one's life, perhaps even some elements of a Marx...
Well, better late than never... Over a year ago a purchased a couple of bulk lots of some pretty nice Byzantine bronzes. I got most of them...
It is quite a muddle with this dynasty.
I was going to say a banker's graffiti on the neck, but on closer examination of the photo the apparently raise edges make it look almost as if...
No, that portrait is that of Ptolemy XII. The coins of the Ptolemaic Dynasty, on male side, displayed a generally strong similarity of portrait...
Ptolemy XII, whose full name was Ptolemy XII Neos Dionysos Philopator Philadelphos, and commonly known to as Auletes (Greek for "The Flautist",...
A very impressive collection!
Agree - leave the coin alone and let time even the color.
Wavy flans occur quite frequently with coinage from this period, mostly due to the very thin flans. That's a beautiful gold angel!
Here's an example to illustrate the final point, a tetradrachm from Lucania, Thurium, southern Italy, 443-400 BC: [ATTACH]
The profile eye pi-style owls are a fascinating group to collect, and relative to the archaic style eye, offer better value. If you're patient you...
Both coins have an earthy, dark patina. I wonder if they came out of a hoard. This type is pretty rare.
Nice po Nice portrait!
Thanks Roman Empire, 71 AD Orichalcum Sestertius Vespasian (69-79 CE) Judaea Capta RIC 167, Sear 2327 Good VF/VF Indications of re-patination...
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