Can you post the other side as well?
Hang tight--sometimes it zips right through, sometimes it takes a week or so.
I think they are aiming for “Roman”
Over $100 but you could get a drachm from Elymais. [ATTACH] ELYMAIAN KINGDOM: Kamnaskires-Orodes Elymaian Kingdom: Kamnaskires-Orodes. Early-mid...
Right, but presumably this doesn’t imitate an official coin type, but rather counter marks on an extremely worn coin. I also have no doubt it is...
Is there any sort of parallel whatsoever from antiquity or is it truly a fantasy in the extreme sense?
Well done!
Good to know.
Those all look terrible as well but I still think the OP's coin looks mostly OK. Is this a rare emperor? I see some resemblance to the ones...
This one looks ridiculous!
They look normal to me.
Sorry about your loss. Auction is your best bet price-wise. Try Numismatik Naumann for the best prices (IMO), though I'd search acsearch and CNG...
Yours is a stuck As, not a cast piece. Difference of c. $3500 or so! (still a nice coin!)
I knew I recognized it from somewhere.
Is your avatar one of Calciati’s drawings?
It is worth double that! I highly recommend it. The member price is insanely low.
Yes, I have it and it is quite good, but that is a collection of essays by various scholars. There is an additional major study of electrum going...
Interesting theory. I’d love to know the opinions of WFB and Wartenberg. I believe they are compiling a corpus of early electrum.
They “look” fake to me but struck or pressed.
I doubt any of these early electrum types under discussion are casts.
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