I couldn't agree with you more. I have been collecting a series of early christian symbols on coins. We have many different types from chi-rho's...
I recently acquired this little gem of a coin from Antioch. This type (McAlee 168) is under dispute in McAlee's book with him saying "These [c...
There are several different Roman emperors with the zodiac calendar on the reverses. @The Meat man has the AP version. I believe there is a...
Well, I did find an obscure coin and did win it at auction recently. Here is my official Helioseiros coin from Syria, Chalcis ad Belum, Marcus...
I do have to chuckle at some of the helmet designs that are on coins and medals- both ancient and modern. Some of the designs are so sharp for...
Legitimate sand/desert patinas should be left alone. You will find dealers that apply paint or glue to create a "sand patina". It has already been...
Here's an interesting article that talks about civic deities vs city deities. YOu will have to scroll past a 15 pages of indexing to get to the...
Curtis- It is amazing how we (humans) come to a conclusion and then stick to it. I kept searching spear, shield and palm...guess what..I don't...
OK. I have given up on trying to find a reference for this coin. It is a bit difficult to identify the Emporer on this one. My options are either...
Here I thought you were going to say "The only thing rarer than ancient gold coins are those who can afford them!"
You can ask CNG if they know anything about the tag. They have a great team of researchers. You might get lucky.
OK. So searching for a topic does pay off! Thanks for the posting. I recently acquired a coin that I have been debating on. I can't tell if this...
Thanks everyone! I did find another one on vcoins using your attribution....
AI, is actually not the correct term to be using. Machine learning or ML is a subset of AI that has been in use for awhile in some industries....
OK I am the second person to try and ID this mystery coin. I can say that I have looked thru, easily, 10k images on acsearch without a hit. I've...
Well, Thasos is out. One of my good colleagues is a Thasos expert and says "Nope." I think I found here. But the odd thing is that CNG doesn't...
Yeah, I was thinking Thasos for abit too. But that weird crook is throwing me off.
OK. This little guy has me stumped. It is a 6mm, 0.24g AR coin. It has the odd hook on it. I was thinking this was a Lesbos boar fractional type-...
Here's my recent acquisition. I didn't realize that this was an Orichalcum coin until I did a bit more research. Hierapolis, Phrygia....
Agree. That's a better fit.
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