I suspect it's authentic-- just worn, pitted, and harshly cleaned and with some type of applied patina. Compare to...
Very nice!!
Several more Florian Aeternitas are currently on eBay and Vcoins. None of them have a goat face. Although I didn't looks through every Florian...
That's impressive!
Good gosh almighty, how did I overlook Julia Domna? Any opportunity to post her coins... :D [IMG] Julia Domna AR denarius, 19.5mm, 3.17 gm, 6h....
"Cista mystica" (scroll up this page for a couple of examples)-- frequently found on ancient coins. Excerpt from the Numiswiki entry for cista...
Here's another one coming up for auction. Hard to tell in this image but the face doesn't look goaty although it does look somewhat like a...
@zumbly is the lucky dog who owns that dog-headed coin. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-late-roman-pick-up-4-festival-of-isis.249276/...
Four Florian Aeternitas hits in ACsearch: Full goat (same die as above): [ATTACH] Halfway there: [ATTACH] Sort of normal: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Whoa. Talk about a serious case of "horse face"! Or is it more of a goat? It sure looks intentional, doesn't it? [heading off to ACsearch now...
"Temporary" means the numbering of coins in that volume of RPC has not yet been finalized. In other words, it's the number that is temporary, not...
Dionysios I [IMG] SICILY, Syracuse. Dionysios I Æ 20 mm, 8.23 gm Struck c. 390 BCE Obv: head of Athena left, wearing wreathed Corinthian helmet...
Congrats!! It's gorgeous :)
Fun post :D You've picked up some tough ones! I find it believable that many of these women were indeed beautiful-- but on their coins the...
Plano!! No ancient coins yet? Good gawd man, just buy something, anything... or we're going to start charging rent :p :D Buy a small group...
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