Yeah, come to think of it, it is pretty deep for a graffito.
Scribonius was here, lol.
Looks like graffito to me. Nice coin though!
Yes you do - I sold you a chubby little Indian some months ago, I forget the type.
Looks pre-Augustan Spanish to me, maybe Sekaisa, like this? [ATTACH]
Danubian LRB imitatives are some of my favorites for their outlandish style... Original... [ATTACH] Barbarous... [ATTACH]
A-noob's secret message here is that the coin once belonged to him. So in addition to being a great coin, it's got lofty provenance. :)
YΠAT E = COS V = RY15 = AD 110/11
Definitely a huge upgrade. What a great coin, magnificent detail!
That's a great idea, actually. Then some lucky metal detector can find them all over again a thousand years from now.
Your wife will be contacting me someday. "What do I do with all this junk?" Bwahahahaha.
Damn, y'all have some nice coins. I want them back! :arghh: :p
You also have a scyphate from last year's Secret Santa that came from me.
At some point this summer I had my one-year anniversary as a dealer. It all started with that lot Bing sent me in the summer of 2015. I count...
Hey, great coins everyone! :)
I don't know anything about it. The reference to demotic is by Richard Plant in Greek, Semitic, Asaitic Coins and How to Read Them. He does not...
Plant says it's derived from the demotic character for "year." I don't know what that character is - I've tried to find it without any success....
Style and fabric all look authentic.
I'm tagging @Ardatirion for you on this one. He's probably eating his lunch on a copy of Herzfelder.
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