There were no debasement at least from the 6th to the 2nd century BC. There were weight reductions but the silver content was not lowered. e.g....
Barry is obviously incompetent and must be replaced quickly. Good news, I'm available for the job. I'm gonna take the carthaginian trihemistater...
Nice writeup ! I have several tripods of Croton, one of my favourite has a pretty nice "golden chocolate" patina. [ATTACH] Bruttium. Croton....
Your are waaaaay below !! i would say that $300K is not even the price of the Euainetos dekadrachm...
My largest one is a Lysimachos of 32mm and feets well on a Mignon Tray - Velvet model 20 squares Abafil (for 35mm in diameter coins) [ATTACH]
OMG I have rarely seen such ugly fakes ! How can anyone believe these are genuine coins ?
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Very great websites !!
I totally agree with that. I have a coin with a repaired hole i'm very happy with [ATTACH]
Syracuse AND octopus [ATTACH]Sicily, Syracuse, c. 415-405 BC. AR Litra. O/ ΣYPA, Helmeted head of Athena facing three-quarters l. R/ Octopus...
Great post Nathan ! i bought the last available copy from charles davis a few years ago ;) My first purchase was the David Sear's 1978 2-volume...
regarding the meaning of the legend ΑΘΕ, we have an interesting comparaison with the famous archaic staters of Sybaris bearing the legend MY (for...
I'm pretty sure that the oldest one is the one posted by @robinjojo : a tetradrachm of Syracuse with legend ΣΥΡΑϘΟΣΙΟΝ circa 510 500 BC [ATTACH]...
congrats ! very nice coin ! well centered with fine details but i'm afraid it's not one of the earlier Darics from the time of Darius I What is...
There are at least two known fake dies without the "eye flaw" and one with it. Of course not all the coins without the "eye flaw" are fakes. I...
The one from Leu is quite easy to spot and i guess they will quickly withdraw it. With 4050 coins for sell, the odds in favor of several of them...
The last Litra of Akragas just before it's destruction by the Carthaginians [ATTACH] Sicily, Akragas, Litra, ca. 406 BC. AR (g 0,68; mm 12; h 9)....
I have several plate coins but my favourite is a SNG Spencer-Churchill coin (#62) wich is also the cover coin of the catalogue Leu 6 1973, the...
Still in Sicily : Amenanos, the river god of Katane as a man-faced bull [ATTACH]
My favourite Nike [ATTACH] SICILY. Syracuse. Agathokles, 317-289 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 24 mm, 16.48 g, 10 h), c. 305-295 BC. KOΡAΣ Head of...
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