Class H in one of my favorites. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] John IV Mint: Trebizond 1446 to 1458 AD AR Asper Obvs: Λ in circle. St. Eugene on...
Unless you have references you can look at these and start with sb 1916 down ignoring electrum silver and gold as yours is billon per that site....
Nicely done and some good coins! Perhaps I could could persuade you to do some artwork for my Seleucid identification site :smuggrin:
Need to see the obverse. It is called a Scyphate and made from the 11th century on. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Demetrios II, SECOND REIGN Mint: Antioch 129 BC Obvs: Laureate head of Zeus right. Revs: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY ΘEOY NIKATOPEΣ, Nike holding...
[ATTACH] This one and the inscription-less variant can go for a few hundred. I did a write up on these a couple of years ago.
I've handled thousands of coins from this period and have never seen one of these until now. 320 pounds is a LOT for one of these. I only see two...
[ATTACH] Antiochus son of Seleucus IV Mint: Antioch on the Orontes Denomination C September/November 175 BC Obvs: Veiled diademed head of Laodice...
[ATTACH] Alexander II Mint: Antioch AR Drachm 128 to 122 BC Obvs: Diademed head right, dotted border. Revs: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Two filleted...
[ATTACH] Tryphon, Diodotus Mint: Antioch 141 BC Obvs: Head of Tryphon right diademed. Revs: BAΣΙΛEΩΣ TPYФΩNOΣ AYTOKPATOPOΣ, Spiked Macedonian...
Good job Pavlos. Looking forward to seeing the collection.
Did you see this is a tet Ken? I would agree with you if we were talking about a drachm. $250 and up would get you a decent Alexander tetradrachm.
I've held a sales tax license in Colorado since 2003 and coins have always been except in the state whether they are 20 years old or 2000. I'm...
I had my first experience with Ebay charging sales tax on a sell I made yesterday. They added 7% to the invoice on a ancient coin sold to Rhode...
Constantinople also has round flans. I can't tell if yours has pellets, but the weight and style indicate a North African mint. Here is one for...
Not as useless as a general business degree in the United States a.k.a. my first degree. Wish I could return it for a refund. At least a...
#1 is probably Antiochus III, but impossible to tell without a higher resolution image.
Same mint different workshop is what I got out of it. Seems unlikely, but they did mention the second coin may have had a recarved workshop.
I can make a good guess which seller you are talking about. They have more fakes than authentic coins, but yours looks fine. I occasionally look...
To be clear I reposted because I believe it is a fake and want to make new collectors aware of it. That is the question, if the coin in the...
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