Happy Birthday, Chris. I went ahead and bought you a subscription to AARP. You're welcome.
I've saved the last image so that the next time a collector of moderns comes around and lectures us to "never clean your coins!!!" I'll say, Ok...
The new one isn't nicer per se, just the obverse is off-center vertically upward enough to give me more of the inscription ARETAS, which is more...
Yeah, lol. That would be a problem.
It does appear at first glance that you two have an obverse match.
Yes, exactly. Some ideas flow out naturally, others have a long and painful birth.
Holy smokes, that's fabulous. The chimaera is exquisitely detailed.
Or ever wanted to probably, lol. I have copious research prepared for the coinage of Obodas II at this point, but what is not copious is the time...
Yes, that's right. I wasn't seeing the wheels. It's the cart of Astarte. Yes, it's rare - not extremely rare, but rare enough. Some of our members...
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I wish I could read the lettering on the reverse to be certain, but I believe it's an issue of Syria, Seleucis-Pieria, pseudo-autonomous with...
The coin does not need cleaning my friend! A soak in distilled water may remove a little soil, which is fine. After that, leave it be. The patina...
The Aes aren't rare, but what makes the OP coin better than most is the reverse centering. You don't often see that much of the lettering. Nice coin.
I know nothing of cash coins, but those two sure look nice - clean surfaces and pleasing color. That's about all I can contribute. :bucktooth:
As someone who is also building a website, I applaud your efforts and look forward to adding your site to my bookmarks some day!
Fleur de Coin, French for "nice coin." ;)
Well, my boys love to fish, and they've been handling lead fishing weights for years - that's the reason the question even came up with my doctor...
My understanding, from a doctor friend, is that handling lead poses so little a risk of poisoning as to be negligible. Ingestion is how poisoning...
Excellent OP coin. Unfortunately, even in grades as high as yours, the small symbols are sometimes obscured into amorphous blobs. I cast my vote...
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