Well thanks for stopping by! :)
Yes, all the dies were engraved by hand, so there will sometimes be considerable variance between two different sets of dies. Vetting the...
More medium-sized, 22-24mm. 8-10g. I don't have it in hand yet to measure it.
We lost your original post due to a forum glitch, Doug, but the technique you refer to is only one of the types that Keyser refers to as pickling....
A provincial issue of Septimius Severus, Petra. The most interesting facet of this coin is that Tyche holds a stele, or idol of the Nabataeans....
I'm no chemist, but I believe you have to start with a heifer. If you read Keyser, you'll come to a realization of just how sophisticated the...
It's difficult to sift out fact from allegory in ancient alchemical sources, but here's an example from Phys. Myst. 13... "Threat the...
I was looking at that coin this morning as well. That seller seems to come up with quite a few very high-grade specimens of Panticapaeum. Too good...
Great coin!
Plating is perhaps not the correct term for silvered LRB's. In many cases, the Romans used a chemical "pickling" technology which induced the...
I already bought you a Christmas present - a handful of lottery tickets. I'm sorry to say you didn't win anything. :(
I did buy those for my store, but let's not incur the wrath of the mods by discussing that here. :)
Thanks. I satisfied my craving for things Arabian this morning. This denarius is coming along with the Scaurus. Minted in Rome to commemorate...
I just acquired this coin, with unusually good centering. Seller's low-resolution scans... [ATTACH]
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Here's a pretty rough coin of Gallienus, Side Pamphylia. It's not without its charm, however. For one thing it's problem-free, just worn and bit...
I can see why you liked that coin. The overstriking devices are crisp, the undertype shows through nicely in a few places, and the deposits give...
It is the coin design - they all seem to have an eagle and club, but sometimes the club gets engraved in the right field, and sometimes is eagle...
One of my favorites - the eagle and club under the bust of Trajan on this Tyrian tet... [ATTACH]
No sense in making a separate thread for all of these coins. This one caught my eye, Caracalla of Caesarea, Cappadocia. Excellent youthful bust...
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