Find a better one....:vomit:
Man, I would like to see this coin in hand. I have a coin of similar fabric but its an Ardashir tetradrachm, from roughly the same period. The...
It looks like a Caracalla Antioch Billon Tetradrachm. I doubt it was BD you were looking at but rather a cupric deposit on the coin.
Burma, The States of Pyu, The City of Srikshetra AR Full Unit (96 Ratti) s. 632-835 AD (Final Coinage 800-832 AD) 35 mm x 9.53 g obverse:...
10 dolla flowa Java, Bali and the Eastern Archipelago Kalasan or Kelurak (Empire of the Sailendra) AR Masa 11 mm x 2.32 grams Struck 778-782 AD....
Fascinating Warren, thanks.
I really meant that in jest. Sorry for the confusion. The coin looks real to me but its just soooo absurdly nice.
Outwardly the coin is quite nice, but so much so that I ALMOST doubt its authenticity.
I agree, I too have always loved the graphic types. Looking at a few for sale I realized that it is indeed priced for popularity. Some people...
Greek Imperial or Roman Provincial, they both mean the same thing and this coin fits it.
Yea JA that's a bit nice for the thread. Great piece and you did very well. Congrats!
Presumably Phillip II of Macedon.
The coin type is quite interesting from several standpoints. First, The coin is slightly bent, yet the coin is too thick to be bent easily. So I...
Achaemenid Kings of Persia Time of Darios I to Xerxes I c. 485-450 BC. Time of the War with Greece AR Silver Siglos 17 mm x 5.51g Sardes Mint...
Naw man, don't do it. To me the coin appears unstable and any additional handling could result in losing part of the coin.
Is better than being "Holed"
I would grade it AU "Details". For his age he seems in good shape, but might have been left in out the elements and dipped in alcohol a few times.
Can I have it?:cool:
Restored Byzantine Empire Andronicus III Palaeologos AE Trachy 1328-1341 AD. Thessalonica Mint 21 mm x 1.06 g obv. St. Demetrius, half-length bust...
I believe the historical record refers to this as the Migration Period or the Völkerwanderung.
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