The mysterious coins are sometimes the most alluring.
A very nice coin indeed, but I'm curious why you didn't choose one of the more distinctively Seleucid types for a first tetradrachm.
Yes, overseas is fine. If anyone does not want to mail overseas, just let me know and I will assign you someone in your country.
Great, I've got 16 messages so far. I'll wait until the end of the weekend and on Monday morning I'll PM y'all the first batch of assignments. :)
Hello friends, time flies when you're having fun! Please PM me your name and address if you would like to participate in this year's Secret...
The color may just be a difference in photography, but what concerns me more is that some of the features on the second pic are much sharper than...
I mean yours, the little 10mm types. They're cute little coins, and tough to find.
I don't know, but I like it - I've had several coins like that, and "snowfall patina" does a great job of describing them.
Being the self-proclaimed Grand Poobah of Nabataean coinage, I'll add a few posts to this thread, trying to be as succinct as I can. I realize...
Man, that's an awful story. I'm sorry that your hard work was so callously disrespected.
Nice set indeed. Decent bronzes of Rhodes are more difficult to come by than the silver, for the obvious reason that bronze doesn't weather time...
That coin has fabulous Medieval devices! Well-done.
Since I know what you paid for it (about 1/2 retail), I have to congratulate you on not only a great coin but a great bargain!
@dougsmit Doug, how do you know the last is a modern cast fake? There are limes AE denarii that have similar fabric.
Or maybe not.
The nice thing about collecting is that you get to call all the shots.
Yes, Obodas II, AE Unit. "Prutah" is a strictly Hebrew term, and never used to describe Nabataean coins. These types are quite rare. The...
Here's an informative page for collectors interested in Lycian - it was an Anatolian language, but the alphabet borrowed heavily from Doric Greek.
I love the coin! - and I agree about not removing the number. It adds a certain mysterious provenance. Things could be worse. At one point it was...
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