robinjojo, That's a wonderful portrait of the youthful Caracalla :happy:. Pictured below is an example from my collection. [ATTACH]
Ryan, It's an unidentified strange looking winged bird o_O. A number of collectors that I've questioned suggest that it's an owl, especially since...
robinjojo, I agree, your Tet looks like a late product of the Tyre mint, & the 2nd Tet that shea posted looks like a late one too ;). The earlier...
Doug, That's an interesting quartet of Tets :happy:. I like the huge radiate crown on the Aleppo lefty, & the Antioch lefty is a handsome coin ;)....
Alwin, That's a stunning Tet from Antioch :jawdrop:! The Tets from Antioch very in quality from fair to supreme & are often very realistic. On a 1...
Shea, Your first Tet of Caracalla has a lovely portrait & the denarius is a beauty too :happy:. The second Tet of Caracalla is oddly crude for the...
[ATTACH] PHOENICIA, Ace-Ptolemais, Caracalla, AD 198-217 (struck AD 215-217). Obverse: Laureate bust facing right. Reverse: Eagle standing facing...
John, I'm glad you brought up the meaning of rats in Chinese & East Asian cultures :happy:. The Chinese had such high esteem for the rat that they...
I sat through the 2nd session of the Heritage Platinum Night & Signature Auction today & am posting a few ancient coins that caught my eye. Prices...
TypeCoin, Thanks, I needed a good laugh this morning :D.
I received the same notice you got. Those people have their heads up their you no what :rolleyes:.
Blake, despite the attribution of Tyre on your slab, I believe the coin was minted in Antioch. There is a great deal of ambiguity between the...
Thanks Martin :happy:.
It's easy to take the moralizing high rode dear boy, when you're not involved in a situation like this. Suppose the farmer who owned the land that...
According to McAlee all the Antioch Tets posted on this thread are 85% silver :happy:. The Trajan Tets struck at the Tyre Mint with Melqart on the...
I use a pair of vice-grips crushing each corner, then using a screw driver to separate the back or front sheet of clear plastic.
The Tet pictured below sold almost 4 years ago. I bought the coin a long time ago because of the amazing portrait despite the graffito on the...
Thanks for the research ;). When I was in the army, 1967-1970, if the drill Sargent even saw you with "peach fuzz" it was 20 pushups :mad:. If he...
As Doug suggests, it's hard to imagine Macrinus with a long beard. Macrinus was a military man when he became emperor, & soldiers typically had...
GenoLR raises good solid points concerning the coin hoard, honesty is always the best policy :happy:. On the other hand, like Inspector43, I'd be...
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