This is super, thank you Nemo! Your quote from Kroll about the position of the ethnic as a diagnostic clinches it... " ...the changed position of...
Great coin! I don't know anything about your dating discrepancy, but Hoover says, "No coinage has been attributed to Kentoripa before the...
Last month I purchased my Handbook of Coins of Sicily, Oliver Hoover, published by CNG - almost 500 pages of numismatic goodness. It's got to be...
That is indeed one of the reasons quality control can suffer. I'm just wondering if there was a specific historical situation that caused the...
The examples I've seen appear prone to the full catalog of ancient coin problems: irregular flans that result in incomplete devices, flan cracks,...
The Nabataean is Aretas IV in a jugate portrait with his (second) queen Shaqilat, The reverse is double cornucopias with the inscription...
I don't see any point in collecting coins unless they do in fact assist your communication with a higher spiritual and intellectual reality.
Hey brother, I've been around more often now that I've gone on a hiatus from being a coin dealer - we just haven't crossed paths. This forum is...
Great, thank you! You in turn have reminded me of a book that I've been meaning to read. (I'm also waiting for a cheap copy - so far I've only...
I'm halfway through this book, which I'm already convinced is a must-read for anyone interested in the modern college milieu, whether as a...
The jury is still out on that one. Unfortunately the Indo-Scythians were not famous for keeping written records. You might have trouble finding...
That's an exceptionally nice example too. As you probably know, most of them are much cruder.
[ATTACH] INDIA, Mysore, Tipu Sultan, 1782-1799 Æ 1/2 Paisa, 16x19mm, 5.4g, 12h; Bangalore mint, AD 1790/1 Obv.: Elephant right, date above: 1218...
[ATTACH] Mysore: Krishna Raja Wodeyar, 1799-1868. Æ 10 Cash, 18mm, 4.4g, 12h. Obv.: Lion to the left with right paw upraised, sun, moon and...
Nice choices! The Hadrian is proof that crusty coins can also be very appealing.
Nice example though, great eye appeal!
Here's the Varbanov plate coin, also struck from the same die pair. It's not unusual for limited-run provincials to come from one set of dies....
[ATTACH] Anybody else have Zebus and Bactrian camels in their menagerie? :cigar:
My rig consists of a Canon Rebel T6, an entry-level DSLR (You don't need to spend huge bucks on an outfit to image coins)... [ATTACH] Promaster...
A beautiful collection indeed! Are you going to eventually get the Liberty Seated and Trade Dollars, or are you opting out of those?
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