Hi @MaryContrary, If you’re interested in reading the history behind the coins you can view and download a free copy of Hill’s “Roman Historical...
Hi @Moda888, If you didn’t know what it was why did you buy it? How do you know if you didn’t over pay? - Broucheion
Hi All, That’s what they looked like when newly minted. It’s always a great joy to get them in this state. The silver soon rubbed off after a...
Hi All, My latest. [IMG] PTOLEMY I SOTER (306/305-283 BCE) EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA, SERIES 2D, Subseries i: ca 295-284/283 BCE Æ Dichalkon Size: 14...
Hi @cmezner, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neokoros - Broucheion
Hi All, Two of my earlier posts with instances of graffiti on coins. Can Anyone Read the Grafitti on this Ptolemaic AE?...
Hi All, A very interesting article on the circle-pillar object on the reverse of these standing caliph coins by Stefan Heidemann titled “The...
Hi @Bart9349, The counter marks shown in your post look like oblong blobs that vaguely resemble boats. This page...
Hi @MaryContrary, I had the same question for a similar coin and it was answered here...
Hi @MaryContrary , You can get a narrower timeframe by looking at this website and matching up your coin to the samples there. See...
Hi @Xodus, Here’s a later view on that coin. Could be Sosius but more probably Augustus. See...
Hi @Xodus, Syria. Gaius Sosius. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1486879 - Broucheion
Hi All, Here's my latest. CLEOPATRA VII PHILOPATOR THEA NEOTERA (51-31/30 BCE) EGYPT, ALEXANDRIA, Year 20 (31 Aug 33 - 30 Aug 32 BCE) [IMG] Ar...
Hi All, Does the coin have to be photographed in the original sale catalog of the Adams collection to have the pedigree recognized? - Broucheion
Hi @Volante, Crystalization does reduce coin weight. The snapped coin shows very heavy crystalization. -Broucheion
Hi @GinoLR , Trajan’s camel drachms were another type made in Rome and used in the conquered Nabatean region. - Broucheion
Hi All, [ATTACH] SEVERUS ALEXANDER (11 Mar 222 - Mar 235 CE) ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 05 (29 Aug 225 - 28 Aug 226 CE) Bi Tetradrachm 24x27mm...
Hi All, Of interest, the web page "EID MAR" at https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/denarius.html - Broucheion
Hi All, I have no knowledge of this type of coinage but I do have access to Vagi's book. In it he thanks Matthew Kreuzer "especially in helping...
Hi All, I think the monogram is an SE, which would make it Svoronos 992 or 1148 depending on size (CPE 502 or CPE 503). - Broucheion
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