Can I ask . . . . . IS there a correct spelling for Gryphon/Griffin/Griphon? And what would it be? I don't know.
@Bing, Steve et al, Here is one of my Ionia, Teos coins. Gryphon / Kantharos Bronze 0,63 gm 9 mm (Not as nice as yours, Steve.) [ATTACH]
Very nice coin, Steve, and photographed so well. I like it. I have yet to work out the settings on my replacement camera after my Kodak P712...
Hi, Chris. Sorry. Just worked it out. A bit early in the morning for me.
Love those little Greek coins. My smallest is a 2.5 mm Gold 1/4 Fanam (India) Here it is alongside a 1883 silver Morgan Dollar (photo enlarged)...
Yes, I thought as much. One day i might know what to look for.
Impressive coin, Vespasian. Mmmm. I have a left facing Domitian but because it is an As, I am guessing that it doesn't count, eh?
@ M.M. - I like it!
Thanks, Arnoldoe. Very good article. If it is very 'rare' to get a 'non-serrated' example of a 'serrated' coin then there can be no effect on the...
Hi, Chris. (I love the new Avatar.) Therefore it was done to 'expose' the inside of the coin to prove that it was 'silver' all the way through?
O.K. I have noticed that on a number of coins, usually (silver) denarii, that there can be irregular 'bite' marks around the edge of the flan....
I believe that I have several Caracallas. My favourite is the 'ugliest' one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Vespasian70, that is one beautiful coin.
I love all things Trajan. Here are a couple of mine.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And another one. TRAJAN, 115 AD, AR Denarius. AR19 mm, 2.8 gm, Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC PM TRP COS VI P P, laureate draped bust right,...
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What works for me is when that happens, if I try, again, pretty much straight away, I get through. Something to try.
On a number of occasions I have gone to 'Wildwinds' to find a specific coin, knowing that it is there because I have found it there before, or...
@rob. No cut coins? As M.M. would say, No probs, just get out your sword . . . . . . . .
AND of course, Richard, 1157 - 1199 A.D. Rhuddian mint - Wales, Moneyer - Halli. AR20, 1.2 gm. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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