Looks like the old boy could smile after all, or is that a sneer? [ATTACH]
A very informative thread. Kudos to all.
My most recent tet is also one of these large-bust types of Caracalla, but from Tyre. This coin is very darkly toned. I think the minters may have...
Also, Tyrian shekels and 1/2 shekels were minted of very fine silver. Silver does not corrode like the OP coin as it's less reactive than bronze....
Pishpash is a she. :)
I think it's just really worn.
http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/chersonese/pics/69_1.jpg
Yes, this is it. That's why I was asking about the stuff to the right.
I would never! :)
Medium-ish. 9.8g, 23mm, die axis 12h. The denomination is a hemilitron.
Fabric and style look good to me. I don't think it's an amphora. Are the light spots to the right of the so-called ibis raised, or is it just toning?
PM PishPash for the witch's brew that will get the mineral deposits off without damaging the patina. Just be careful not to blow your house up.
I like those red/green/brown patinas as well. That one is great!
Agathokles. Tyrant of Syracuse. King of Sicily. A potter’s son with the blood of a soldier. Although he was defeated by the Carthiginians and had...
Nice Mat! My bust is better, but your coin more than makes up for it with the copious lettering. This ant of Aurelian is as common as the ants of...
Most of what we know about Quintillus is uncertain. After his brother, Claudius Gothicus died, he may have been elevated to emperor by the Senate,...
Sorry H8, that coin's way too nice to qualify for this thread! :)
A pretty little thing indeed! The nicest example of the type I've seen.
Yes, very common 4th-century coins in low grades. $20 for the lot is about right.
It looks to me like a misspelling of CONSTANS as CONSTANANS.
Separate names with a comma.
