Hi @Ed Snible! This brings back memories. This was the first coin shop I ever walked into, when I was about 10 years old. After that it was...
Hi @Marsyas Mike, Look at @dougsmit ‘s answer again. This emperor may not be who you think. - Broucheion
Hi @Gam3rBlake See page 65 of this article by van Alfen https://www.academia.edu/1110551/ where the imitations are illustrated and described. -...
Signs of tooling - Broucheion
$243,000, give or take. No buyer’s fee or shipping. - Broucheion
Hi All, 12 Hour Rule. Overstruck Coin and its undertype. [ATTACH] Æ Hemiobol Ptolemy I Soter (306/305-283 BCE), Egypt, Alexandria / Cyprus?...
Hi All, Reminds me of the many "Botched Restoration" stories one hears about. Here's a recent one from Smithsonian Magazine: Botched Art...
Hi @7Calbrey, See https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=601230 - Broucheion
Hi All, AR STATER (TETRADRACHM) Ptolemy II Philadelphos Third Phase Of Currency Reform: Latter 260s BCE to End Of Reign - X Series Silver...
https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5147189 - Broucheion
Hi, Jstore shows Stancomb published some of his countermarks in Some Countermarked and Overstruck Hellenistic Coins from the Region of the...
How about both on one coin? [ATTACH] Next: A Seleucid Cleopatra - Broucheion
Ahhhh, the only way to fly! [ATTACH] Trajan Æ Drachm, Year 16 (112/113 CE), Alexandria, Egypt Size: 36x37 mm Weight: 19.1 grams Axis: 11:00...
Hi All, There is a PDF Press Release describing the exhibit here: https://willamette.edu/arts/hfma/pdf/2021/gold-of-the-caliphs.pr.pdf - Broucheion
Hi @hotwheelsearl, Here it is: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3581062 - Broucheion
Hi @svessien, Check out Youtube. There are many similar videos. [MEDIA] - Broucheion
When someone asks you for $20 how do you know if they mean gold or paper? - Broucheion
Hi All, Ptolemy I, Uncertain Mint 13, in Cole Syria (294 BCE or later). [ATTACH] OBV: Ptolemy I head facing right, wearing diadem and scaly...
Hi @+VGO.DVCKS, Guilty as charged. To this day the only video game I’ve ever played is ... Pong. At that time I was getting my EE degree so I was...
OK, I’ll digress. Hilarious video show 17 year old teenagers baffled by rotary phone [MEDIA] Here’ how to do it 1950 DIALING TIPS - How to use a...
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