I don't think I've ever shown this billion tet before, partly because I just can't seem to take good pictures of it. The coin is weighty and...
Nice writeup, @Parthicus! @Ken Dorney and @TheRed, those are both beautiful and artistic coins. I want an ATG Babylon tet for the same reason as...
I agree as well-- same dies, both sides :) Fantastic coin, Q!
I'm with Doug-- I don't particularly like billion or potin but I love the coins of Roman Egypt, especially the interesting reverses. I was just...
Word of mouth is usually a good method. The Private Message section of CoinTalk is probably as active as the public boards.
Thank you for the additional information :).
The ΠΛΩ isn't visible on the other two coins. There are other Athena/owl bronzes of that size from other cities in Apulia which are dated the...
How funny-- I've had that same dream many times and it is awesome!! To achieve flight (or hover, really) I jump up and flap my arms rapidly. I...
Interesting! I have a small amount of experience striking coins and found that if I overheated the flans (heated to red hot), they cracked into...
Is the Cotta a fourree? It looks like it might be. I tried to pick up a couple of new additions for my Alternate Modes of Transportation set in...
I think it would be great fun to assemble "Least Realistic Animal" sets. Elephants alone would require an elephantine budget! Here's an eagle...
:D Looks like a fun group! I tried to pick up a couple more of these lots in the next auction but the biddng went insane!!
Thanks for that insight, Z! Perhaps Plotios is the same magistrate who issued my coin!
Naumann has been selling group lots labeled as "BCD Incerta". There are some BCD tags in the groups but mostly unmatchable to the coins within...
Wow! The artistry on that coin is tremendous without even using the phrase "for the type"! :D Maybe @randygeki can dig up a die match. I guess...
Yes indeed :) Well, perhaps-- the obverse may be a different entity.
Yes, quite thoroughly! Thanks :)
Wow! I don't know much about these but that example is in a much better state of preservation than most I've seen!
Yes, but what did those people, or people 1000-1500 years later, call the area? Did they have a name for it?
@Alegandron, or anyone... when did the region of Apulia become known as Apulia? is this a name which would have been used (in some form) by...
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