Thanks for the terminological clarification and background info. I had originally meant to simply imply that my coin had been struck three times...
I suspect this one to technically be a triple strike: a double struck Takvorin, likely struck over some Arabic dirham (Parthicus recently posted a...
Wonderful coins everyone! Here is my favorite Marcus Aurelius as Caesar – in my eyes one of the most dramatic and beautiful Roman portraits in my...
I am still in the process of making some space in my coin boxes, and below are a couple of coins that have to go. Some I have upgraded, some...
@chrsmat71 : Another nice Friesach pfennig, and,if I see correctly, also a not-so-common variety! Yes, you do. Here is the plate coin from CNA:...
The Friesach pfennig is an enormously complex topic and a collecting area of its own. Specialist collectors and experts will thus excuse the...
@Justin Lee : Nice coins! I don't have MEC 6, unfortunately, but I have Cayón: Las Monedas Españolas I (2005). Not a great catalogue, but it gives...
Thanks for the compliment, @chrsmat71, and nice Carinthian pfennig! Concerning the Vierschlag, I read about a somewhat different reason for it....
What: “Hand heller” (German: Händleinheller, Händelheller, Handheller) Who, where, and when: Holy Roman Empire, imperial mint at Schwäbisch Hall...
Medieval numismatics can feel a bit like a swamp to novice collectors: impossible to navigate, easy to get stuck in, full of alligators and...
It's 1626. You can see a 2 and a 6 to the left and right of the cross above the orb.
I am in the process of making some space in my collection, and below are some coins that have to go. Some I have upgraded at some point, some...
Compliments on the coin and welcome to CoinTalk! As others have already said, there is nothing apparently suspicious about your coin. If I were...
No e-mail from Frank yet. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and hope that I won one or more of the coins I bid on.
On this coin, the senate is personified as a young man. The style of the portrait reminds me of the (rather androgynous) depictions of Apollo on...
This is a known cast fake of a tetradrachm minted for the Macedonian king Philip II. Several examples of this fake are published here. Since your...
I assume that Scheitel here is meant in the sense of 'parting,' while Zopf translates as 'plait.' The term thus describes the hairdo quite well: a...
[ATTACH] Faustina the Younger, Roman Empire, sestertius, ca. 161–164 AD, Rome mint. Obv: [F]AVSTINA AVGV[STA], diademed portrait right. Rev:...
Ditto. If you decided to get a few strikes from these die(s), I'd happily buy one from you!
Thank you for sharing this!
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