Is this the same coin you mentioned yesterday in the "eBay, Risk of a fake" thread? If not, then it is definitely fake because the flan, cracks,...
The reverse is very appealing too! Lucilla looks like a doll on this coin: [IMG] Lucilla Empress CE 163-169, wife of Lucius Verus AR denarius,...
Nice little chunk of bronze, and interesting history! I did not have Paphos on the list but have now added it. Thanks :) On the spreadsheet I...
For those who have not bid in non-eBay auctions before and are planning on bidding in AMCC's first auction, note that you have to sign up with...
Blake, note that the link takes some people to a different coin than the one you intended. It is better to copy and upload the images because the...
Along those same lines, if a person is truly interested in learning to identifying fakes for the benefit of themselves and others, a better...
CT member and CNG staff numismatist @Ardatirion's personal collecting focuses on tesserae. While there is uncertainty, he thinks these lead...
I misread the OP and thought AncientCoinHunter wanted only heads of Serapis. Here are some heads with bodies attached :D. [IMG] EGYPT,...
Wow, I didn't know that size existed in the Seleucid series. Cool coin! As for calling the obverse figure Zeus-Serapis... there is nothing about...
Excellent advice, @Alegandron. I didn't see that post before because that thread is hidden from my feed.
Me too!! :) I'd like to get one of this type, with the head held behind the standing figure. Gorgeous coin! Head of Serapis being held:...
I like everything you said Ken except for this one thing. Please don't repeatedly post eBay coins asking if they are real. And please don't make...
I don't have a kantharos to add but here are some other vessels. [IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Nero Regnal year 14 (CE 67/8) AE diobol; 27 mm, 10.9...
Pigasus? I have a subcollection of them :D [IMG] And a couple added after that composite: [IMG] IONIA, Klazomenai 498-494 BCE AR drachm, 6.77...
I have this scale:...
The article was... entertaining. I suspect the portrait style variations have more to do with how people looked in those eras and locales-- how...
I don't think RC was questioning the die matches for all of the coins he posted (they are all from the same obverse and reverse dies)-- he was...
Thanks for the heads-up! Interesting coin-- I'll keep a watch for more.
It's a double die match. Is this just an extremely rare coincidence, does it mean the variety is rare (and made from a low number of dies) and...
I'll re-read the RPC intro in the morning when my brain works better :D. I have no objection at all to showing such coins in this thread, whether...
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