Wonderful coin! My one regrettable win from that sale has still not shipped.
I agree-- rams were made to.... ram :D. Sometimes they were embellished and looked like animals, sometimes they were utilitarian.
Nice detective work, RC!
It definitely looks like some purposeful prow ornament, perhaps a wolf. Are the prow decorations something that is noted in cataloging systems?
Congrats on acquiring this wonderful coin, @Julius Germanicus!
Faustina Jr denarius, Concordia reverse. Final answer, Regis :D. I'm not sure of your reasons for buying the coin but look forward to that...
I think it is a deceptively rotated closeup of Faustina Sr's hairstyle, the top/back of her bun... or if the image isn't misrotated, Faustina Jr's...
While this has changed over time, essentially the primary question is "is it interesting". Currently, provincial coins with unusual reverses or...
What a winsome portrait!!
Great job on the display, RR! :)
He's a CT member but hasn't been around lately. Others have expressed their dismay to him about this practice of cutting down coins. Like you,...
There are ancient medallions which are bimetallic. Here's a spectacular example from CNG's archives: [IMG] If you want to stretch the...
Bronze flans were sometimes cast in two part molds so a seam doesn't always condemn a coin. Flans were also sometimes trimmed or modified in ways...
Thanks for another fabulous writeup, Jochen! The triobol is fantastic. Styrax is still an important plant. An alcohol tincture of benzoin...
Wow, I'm sorry I missed seeing this coin when it came up for auction!
Domna looks exasperated, like she just finished giving a big eyeroll :rolleyes: :).
Congrats on that acquisition, @TypeCoin971793! All of the coins shown (including yours) seem to be in remarkable condition compared to others of...
Very interesting, RC!! I agree with you-- all coins shown are certainly die matches. Either the new "northern" dot on the April 2016 CNG coin is...
@PeteB has a very interesting coin depicting Pan and Hermaphroditos. I'm going to copy and paste it here. (Hope you don't mind, Pete.) I'd love...
No, but I don't find it particularly odd because there are so many other ancient coins with bunches of test cuts and punches. I suppose it may...
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