Style looks right. Edge looks good. Severely warn and probably tooled to get the devices to show.
Maybe request a mod move this thread to World or US coins depending on what you have.
Coin purchases are as old as 50's-90's or the coins are that old? The latter of course doesn't qualify as Ancient and the process of selling...
I think your edge pictures rule out it being cast. The breaks and divots on the edge imply it was struck; as those divots would be filled in the...
A seem. In the event it were cast; a seem is sometimes left.
It looks similar in style to mine. Though, the horse has me worried; as it appears to be an outline only, as compared to a full engraving....
Sorry, I don't think I understand the comment.
If any group of people earned the right to place ships on their coins; it was the Phoenicians. This is an excerpt from a translation I own of "The...
[ATTACH] IONIA. Teos. Ca. 460-420 BC. AR stater. NGC Choice XF 3/5 - 5/5.Griffin seated right, left foreleg raised / Quadripartite incuse square....
I have one [ATTACH] Philip III AR Tetradrachm. ca 323-317 BC, Babylon Mint. Head of Herakles right / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, Zeus enthroned left,...
On the reverse, just to the left of the eagle, are 4 Greek characters. Those characters provide the date; which in turn can provide which...
@Ken Dorney with it being that rare, are you going to have it professionally cleaned or have a go at it?
I had this discussion yesterday. They say the wheel was invented around 3500 BC in Sumeria; yet I would say it would be impossible to construct...
Euainetos has been shamed.
These are the only Domnas that I've photographed. I think I have 2 or 3 more. [ATTACH] Like a book, left to right; top to bottom. 1. IVLIA PIA...
I volunteer as tribute.
Here's mine. Appears to be a reverse die match of yours... jk. haha [IMG]
I still haven't received my own; so I suppose we still wait.
Casting bubbles, soft devices, wrong color, and casting seam on edge. I'd say 99% fake. Only the Sith deal in absolutes.
I think the unrivaled photography award goes to @AncientJoe ; so if you're looking for advice on a process with professional lighting and probably...
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