@Jochen1, What a wonderful post! Just a thought. If the stag were pivoted at the back legs and magnets with the same poles were added to the...
It's nice to give your coins playmates. I do it too. - Broucheion
Hi @Nvb, I love the Alexanders that were down-sized and re-issued as ~15.5 g coins. Yours is a really nice example. You can see signs of the old...
All, Just stumbled on this thread two years past the last post as I was researching something else. For an interesting twist on possible...
@Jochen1: Thank you for this information. Your beautiful coin clearly shows APC for the Arsinoite name. As that was not there on my specimen I did...
Who says no Sobek? Heeeeeeere's Sobek! [ATTACH] Trajan, Dichalkon, Year 03 (119/120 CE) Obv: Trajan head, laureate facing right. No legend....
Hi All, Sorry, this may be a bit too long for some. I'm no expert at the programming end of things. I started over 20 years ago with freeware...
As an example of a coin smoothed into a standard weight I offer this Ptolemaic example of Lorber CPE-B565 (Sv-1491, pl li, 10; SNG-Cop-246):...
Here's something that puzzles me: why would a coin user (presumably) remove a mintmark? Note the defacement is only on the cornucopia. [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] Nabatean Kingdom [Undertype: Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-222 BCE)] 16x17 mm 3.17 g OBV: Athena - UNDERTYPE: Zeus-Ammon head, facing...
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Belated Happy Birthday. Great way to start your 70th year! -Broucheion
[ATTACH] Faustina The Younger (Under Antoninus Pius) Alexandria, Egypt Year 18 (154/155 Ce) Hemidrachma, 26x27 mm; 11.1 grams; Axis: 00:00 OBV:...
[ATTACH] Antoninus Pius Regnal year 18 (154/5 CE) - probable date 32 mm; 10.5 grams; Axis: 11:00 OBV: Antoninus Pius laureate draped bust...
Your attribution looks right. The coin looks like #46-48 from Foss' book "Arab-Byzantine Coins: An Introduction, with a Catalogue of the Dumbarton...
Oh, nice coins too! -Broucheion
Gee, I thought you were kidding about the 40,00lbs till I saw the pictures. Wow, I am humbled. -Broucheion
Hi @altaycoins, I don't know anything more about the person or his collection(s). So far I did find references to the sale of his non-Turkomans...
Hi @TIF, I bet they never thought anyone would read that far into the fine print:woot: - @Broucheion
Hi Stevex6, I'd like you to know the Antoninus Pius Æ drachm (Alexandria) is now in my collection. I bought the coin three years after your post...
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