:D Here's a good one currently making the rounds on social media: One way to find out if you're old is to fall down in front of a lot of people....
That was my first impression too ("soapy" junction of devices to the field on the obverse) but the reverse looks more believable. I don't know...
There really isn't any possibility of your coin being authentic for the reasons I mentioned above and more. Here is every example I found in...
There is nothing about that coin that strikes me as authentic... not the fabric, not the style, etc., plus it looks cast. :( The usual disclaimer...
No photoshop on these. They are genuine fake ancient coins hand-struck from hand-carved dies :) [IMG] At first I tried heating the flans to...
I buy from all over as long as the auction house handles coins which can be exported to the US. Nice Claudius, @jamesicus-- and regarding your...
There are many ways of producing fakes so there are many ways of detecting them. Check out this website for a good overview:...
Nice coin, great pictures, wonderful writeup. Very enjoyable, @Justin Lee! :)
When trying to assess a coin I haven't seen before, I head to archives to look at other examples, as you did. There is only one and you found...
And an elusive Iguanasus from Tiphonia. [IMG] TIFFILY, Tiphonia c. 5th century BCE AR18, 7.4 gm, and AR 17, 7.4 gm Obv: Forepart of winged iguana...
Such copies are made by casting rather than by striking. A copy of the coin would be carved in wax or other material and a mold would be made...
My best guess is that it is a jeweler's copy. No one had shown that this coin was struck in silver or in this size, so it's probably not...
My luggage tag does a good job of keeping people at arm's length :D [ATTACH]
It sounds like at some point in history the statues were purposefully placed face down in a group. I wonder why. Had they been removed from...
I figure it happened sometime after the coin was lost or buried. Maybe some heavy and angular object fell on it. When the coin was discovered...
I thought so too at first but upon closer look, what I thought was a weapon held in Medusa's right hand (the upper hand on this coin) are instead...
Thanks for posting the link to this article!
Nice pickup, Jay! Great picture of you and Orfew with his displays (and the displays do look awesome). I don't think that is a test cut. How...
Whoa! Great example!!
Don't let @Ed Snible lead you astray-- you were on the right track. Not Sicily though... my tiny pianist dragon dancing ear of corn bronze is from...
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