Possibly a way of describing a "silvered" coin? The so-called silvering on many Roman issues is mostly an alloy of tin, zinc, and antimony.
I like the Roman veterinarian idea. A well-armed Roman veterinarian. Taking the horse's temperature. That should make it PETA-friendly.
I suspect certain Eastern styles were quite intentional and cultivated. I can spot almost any Alexandrian Imperial issue just by the style of the...
Much better than "decent for the type" - one of the nicest I've seen. Great catch!
@THCoins is the master of Eastern issues. I'm just the bus driver. I take you to the ballpark, he hits the home runs. :)
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Here's an example in better condition which sold for 15 GPB. I would not pay more than about $10 for the OP example. Here's a very nice specimen...
It's an issue of Queen Didda, one of the few female monarchs in Indian history.
Sweet! I guess we have a run on Carausius this week.
Looks like the math didn't get proofread. It should be 1 miliareson = 2 keratia = 24 folles; and 1 keratia = 12 folles.
Haha! Great! One of the best flip-over double strikes I've seen. A+
I'm also going to say molding compound. It's the sort of coin that would have been used to make electrotype copies that were once popular in museums.
I can trade them all in for a handful of fancy scraps of cotton and linen.
I think the currency of the future is here - electrons. How do you get any more ephemeral than electrons? The OP mentions bitcoin as an imaginary...
Our most important currency is in fact trust. The material world has no intrinsic value. Gold and silver are worthless when economies collapse and...
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I'll take it back now, thanks. ;)
You may have more Falling Horsemen than Doug Smith now, and that's saying something!
Very nice coins JBruce! This is the first time I've heard of a dealer objecting to customers using his/her images for show-and-tell. I guess some...
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