Hi @I_v_a_n, I didn't know curly hair 'was a thing'. Here's my Memphis Ptolemaic, with naturally curly hair. NGC (#240 1970-028). Grade: AU...
Hi All, Tryphon. Houghton CSE 259 var: no Dioscuroi caps. [ATTACH] Newell, in "The Seleucid Mint of Antioch", p. 73, prefers the allusion to...
Hi @Andres2, https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/379fe65c-b993-41b9-b3d8-1a22ee2253c0 I stand corrected. Of course you are correct. - Broucheion
Hi @Andres2, [MEDIA] A Patera is not a statuette. It is a libation dish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patera . Nice coin, though. - Broucheion
Hi All, A repeat of my 1/3 siglos https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ar-siglos-with-lots-of-testcuts-and-countermarks.374612/#post-6094341 -...
Hi @+VGO.DVCKS , One place to start is here https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=siglos - Broucheion
Hi All, Origin of Helvetia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetii - Broucheion
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Hi All, Did you know coins were found when the obelisk was moved? See...
Hi @PaddyB, Just to amplify what @Shea19 noted, these are not Egyptian coins, they are Seleucid coins that imitate the style of Ptolemaic coins....
Hi All, There is an Internet Archive copy at https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.528979 - Broucheion
Hi All, I guess my avatar is my “brand” so no changes are in sight. - Broucheion
Hi All, My only Spanish coin. Ptolemy of Numidia, Minted In Spain, Carthago Nova, after 21 CE (see comments) [ATTACH] Æ SEMIS Size: 20x21 mm...
Hi @JJ Walker, Like the rest of us ;). - Broucheion
Hi @Gam3rBlake, Thank you for educating me! I did not know that. I’ve never slabbed anything, just bought a few slabs and coins that were...
Hi @Gam3rBlake (and @Barry Murphy), I also have some slabbed coins with no weight shown. If I contacted NGC with the number, could I find out the...
Hi All, Here is a lead monetiform object with types of Berenice II, possibly a trial strike or decadrachm coin weight [ATTACH] Ptolemy III...
@Barry Murphy, I assume that one gets a jumbo holder. How large a coin can fit in an NGC holder? [Good, no one suspects how envious I am of that...
https://www.amazon.com/Debasement-Manipulation-Standards-Pre-Modern-Monetary/dp/1789253985Hi @Gam3rBlake, For the Ptolemies see The silver...
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