philologus 1, I think you can safely attribute your last follis to Galerius, AD 305 - 307. See Sear #14544.
Nice score :jawdrop:! That's a great portrait of Pan, god of the wild, rustic music, & chaser of nymphs :smuggrin:. A trivia note: the word panic...
It looks like you've got a nice sestertius :). The portrait is excellent & the attractive patina highlights the details. I'm no expert in grading...
James, That's a nice looking early example despite the test cuts ;). My only example of a coin from Cilicia, a late Roman coin from Anazarbus, is...
I watched F for Fake this evening, it's a great movie :D. Orson Welles gift of narration & oration made the movie special. Elmyr is without doubt...
Rasiel, Congratulations on your monumental project. Do you have time for anything else ?
Nolan Workman, I guess there's hope for us "old fogies" :D. BTW, Happy Birthday!
mlov43, Your medal is fascinating in a number of ways, 1st having Zhang Daqian's calligraphy on the reverse, 2nd having Arnold Machin's work on...
Nolan Workman, the word yuan has been around longer than Yuan Shikai. :)
gxseries, Thanks for your input ;). I was hoping someone would be able to read the chop marks. Your suspicion is also worthy of serious...
I bought the hand wrought coin silver ashtray pictured below in Santa Barbara, CA in 1971 along with 6 sycee ingots for the melt value of silver...
John, You certainly are a "Unrepentant Fine Style Freak"! The later version of the famous Naxos Tet, although very different, is also a...
The last Heraclius coin I added is the same type as Nick's coin o_O, see photos below. Sear # 738, Constantinople Mint, Officina 10, 4.48 gm, 22...
Valiant Knight, You scored a nice looking Tet of Hadrian, with an attractive depiction of Serapis ;). It would be great if you could get a larger...
Actually there is an estimate of $500,000.00 on the Naxos Tet :jawdrop:. It's hard to guess what this coin will fetch considering the coin market...
The coin pictured below is being offered at CNG Auction 112, Lot 80. It is one of the most iconic of all Greek coins. Naxos, Sicily, circa 460 BC,...
James, you did the right thing. Our hobbies can provide us with a great escape route from daily frustrations & anxieties. After my brother Henry...
I'm posting a well worn & light weight sestertius of Claudius, AD 41-50, with Spes on the reverse, & countermarked NCAPR, from the Richard Baker...
The obverse on Bing's AE 30 from Antioch, Syria & the obverse on a Billon Tet I sold several years ago from Antioch, Syria look like they were...
funnycoins, I've been a student & collector of Chinese jade for many years & can assure you jade cicada were never used as currency. I viewed the...
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