I have no idea how a repair such as this could be spotted without knowledge of the prior state of this particular coin. Do we have to scrutinize...
A consular solidus of Phocas. [ATTACH] Paid $525 for this almost 30 years ago. I would be a bit more picky today, about the die rust around the...
My Khusro II. Not my area of expertise, I just liked the coin. [ATTACH][ATTACH] Experts who can comment on the mint, please do.
I am not offended by the OP. I like puzzles and quizzes. It is an interesting post. Having said that, I tried to make my own determination...
Brilliant. Obvious now that you point it out.
[ATTACH] Gold, a reliable store of value for millennia. Stater of the Iceni tribe in Britain, circa 65 BC, so-called Norfolk wolf.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] #4 is a Grosso of Venice of the Doge Iacopo Tiepolo 1229-1249. Papadapoli-4803. Prior to being elected Doge, he served as...
A few more Doges (it is going to be hard to avoid Doge-repetition.) [ATTACH][ATTACH] #1 is a scudo or 140 soldi of Nicolaus de Ponte, of 1584....
The mint took great care with these early ducats. [ATTACH][ATTACH] Again, Pietro Gradenigo, of the unmarked grave.
[ATTACH] Only 800 years old. Muwahhid dobla of Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad 1199-1213 AD. The Muwahhids ruled Spain and Morocco. Castile,...
As you wish. I took this photo to show how the Islamic dirham followed the Sassanian drachm. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] First is a drachm of Shapur I...
The bighorn sheep gold coin has $900 US in gold at today’s prices. It contains 1/2 Troy ounce of pure gold.
As you all know, portraiture in the late Roman and Byzantine empire is usually rather stylized. But I honestly bought this tremissis of...
I have only a few Tetrarchic era folles and their patinas are pretty dark, so I photographed them in sunlight. The first depicts Maxentius in his...
Thank you for posting the link to Juan de Mariana’s treatise. I have just finished reading it. How refreshing, and how true! What a pleasure to...
When nations adhered to a gold standard, the agreement to swap a nation’s paper currency for gold from the government’s reserves served as a...
I have purchased three misattributed coins in the past 12 months, all at auction from top tier companies. Misattribution is not always a good...
I am not very surprised to learn that you helped catalogue the Aurum Barbarorum collection. I coveted that coin showing a bear attacking a warrior.
We may have to consider expanding our attempts at attribution of these coins. Official but inexpert production is clearly a possibility....
Happy to see this thread active. This coin does not depict a saint, but it was issued by a saint. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Saxon...
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