Last representation of Venus on a roman coin... [IMG]
Herakles strangling the Nemean lion... [IMG]
Cool coins gang !
Digging a little further in the subject, this serie (BO-IW), as suggested by JA, was struck in the name of the federation, not a magistrate as I...
No... Just the guy who scratched the thing... Playing with history or seriously thinking he's making it... (English is not "natural" to me so if...
Interesting observation about the graffito... from someone who's pretending or taking himself seriously (??). BO-IΩ should only refer to the...
Thanks guys :shame: Bing, hopefully I will never be poor enough to unload this one... :dead:
Sure it has some graffito, not a "mint" coin, some corrosion on obv. die,... But nice centering on an unusually broad flan, with a great eye...
A classic... One of my favorite coin... Corinthia, Corinth AR Stater (350-300 BC) Obv.: Pegasos flying left. Rev.: Head of Athena wearing...
Happy Birthday Steve (again... ;)) My 3 oldest (I think :oldman:)... Ionia, Teos AR Stater (510-500 BC) Obv.: Griffin seated right, raising...
My top 10 (more or less)... (Too bad your wife hates me, I think she is kinda sweet :D) [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]...
Great style, excellent details and I love irregular flans :wideyed:
Pecunem only ship through Fedex (for Canada at least), their insurance requires it. Since it's declared value, and since Fedex are also brokers,...
A little late for the party, but here's a couple more :) Islands of Caria, Rhodes AR Tetradrachm (229-205 BC). Tharsytas, magistrate. Obv.:...
Interesting page on fire damage, some of the coins pictured shows similar lumps......
Looking at the original "patina", and the result without, I'm wondering if the coin couldn't have been in a fire at some point :cyclops:
I've got a pretty good deal imo. Paid about the same price (or a little less) than what it sold for 10 years ago (with the "added fees")......
Thanks Bing :)
Guilty as charged :joyful:
My "macedonians" :watching: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
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