[ATTACH] Sicily, Syracuse. Dionysios I 405-367 BC. AE Hemilitron. 17mm. Athena/Hippocamp.
Wow, Orfew- one of only two known! Great to have the RIC plate coin also! Here's my clean-shaven Titus: Titus as Caesar (79-81 AD). Denarius....
Nice portrait and overall coin!
Here's another example of Livia on the reverse of the denarius of Tiberius: [ATTACH] Several of the coins (AE prutah) of Valerius Gratus, the...
Thanks for sharing this background information and the link to the very nice "Seleucid identification site"- I really like the way this tool has...
It would certainly have been time-intensive to manually add the serrations to the Roman flans (v-shaped notches fairly symmetrical from edge side...
Obol. 9 mm, 0.75 g. Circa 454-404 BC [ATTACH]
Ionia, Miletos AR Obol. 325-475 BC [ATTACH] Phoenicia, Sidon. Sixteenth Shekel. 401-365 BC [ATTACH]
Interesting article- thanks for posting the link and your example of the coin!
I have a few, but for posting, chose this blank cap that wasn't labeled by the soda pop bottling company. [ATTACH] You can see the extension from...
:nailbiting: Emerging Gorgon- run!
Bing, you have a fine collection of these!
Both are nice examples of a green patina- the second one is bright like a neon green! [IMG]
Very interesting article, from which I learned much about this coinage- thanks! Ed Snible's page is also excellent! [ATTACH] Mysia, Parion....
Nice lighting effect
Dark coins with contrasting light earthen deposits: [ATTACH] Troas. Gergis 400-241 BC. [ATTACH] Phrygia. Apameia circa 100-50 BC. [ATTACH]...
Here are a couple of dark coins featuring Tyche: [ATTACH] Phoenicia. Sidon 52 BC-AD 43. [ATTACH] Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch circa 100-0 BC.
The patina on this coin of Herod Archelaus has a hint of red in it: [ATTACH]
Ryro, your fourth posted coin is strikingly red!
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