Erhan, The figure below Tyche is a swimming boy with long hair symbolizing the Orontes River. The composition on the reverse of the coin you're...
I'm green with envy :smuggrin:.
Svarog, Your are right ;). That Tet was in my collection for a long time & I've never had a portrait of Philip I that I liked better than that...
The Oxford Dictionary defines patina as: a green or brown film on the surface of bronze or similar metals, produced by oxidation over a long...
[ATTACH] I don't know if this result has been posted yet but the recently discovered aureus of Allectus brought $700,000.00 at the Dix Noonan...
Justin Lee, You must have an impressive group of these counterstamped bronze coins :D! What's the body count now :smuggrin:? [IMG]
[ATTACH] I let this Vespasian bronze go at a Heritage auction. AD 69-79, 30 mm, 16.81 gm. Ex Richard McAlee collection, pictured in his book The...
Svarog, That's a wonderful group of Antioch Tets :woot:! The Galba Tet has a fine portrait & so does the 2nd Nero Tet ;). The Vespasian Tet has a...
I guess that means we both have good taste :cool:. [ATTACH]
The nice thing with Syrian Tets is you get a lot of "bang for the bucks".
Despite the rough surface on the Zeugma Tet it has excellent detail. Zeugma Tets are all scarce or rare & rarely come up for sale ;).
Great score :jawdrop:! The coin has everything: historical importance, excellent provenance, fine portrait of Vespasian, & stunning patina ;).
Erhan, Great score :D! That's a hefty chunk of silver, almost a troy ounce :jawdrop:. The coin must have been a presentation piece.
Sallent, The older you get the smaller it gets :(. Reaching my 71st birthday last April I can testify to that :shame:.
Erhan, Congratulations, that's a great haul :jawdrop:! I love the Tet from Sidon, sporting the "Carriage of Astarte" mintmark. They rarely come up...
Plumbata, That 1955 DD is more than a CHERRY, it's a CHERRY PIE :jawdrop:! [IMG][ATTACH]
That's an interesting bronze coin from Damascus :wideyed:, & I'm surprised the legends are not Greek o_O. Most of the bronze provincials I've seen...
About five years ago I was on a quest to get as many tets from different Syrian mints as possible. Acquiring a copy of Michel & Karin Prieur's...
It sure looks like Severus Alexander on the obverse & possibly Laetitia or Securitas on the reverse. What is the diameter & weight ?
[ATTACH] Roman Collector, Great research ;)!
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