I'd take that damaged coin in a heartbeat! What a great "story coin" :)
Looking forward to the additional pictures :) Yeah... I think you have it backwards. Assume the coin is published until it can be proven...
There is an object above the animals on the reverse. It looks somewhat like a vexillum. Adding that search term yielded a potential match from...
What makes you sure it's Caracalla? Can you read part of the legend? It's indistinct on the scanned image.
For a quick check of legends, ERIC is an easy to use resource. Here's the page for Galba:...
I think you're on to something! Maybe this, or one like it? I have no idea what denomination were struck or what they are called. Maybe the OP...
Huh. I guess @Justin Lee is right then :D
Is this some type of mule? A mint error?
I agree with ACH-- not Roman, probably not ancient. Medieval, perhaps? Some medieval collectors hang out on this ancients forum. Maybe one of...
@Collect89 has a marvelous binder system, as does @Alegandron. Theirs have several per page. Former CoinTalker Stevex6 had a one-per-page...
Oh I'd love to but my bank account is saying no :D
That's some nice stuff, @Alegandron! I have one scarab and will probably stop at that. [IMG] Blue glazed steatite scarab. Egypt, Late Period,...
A very nice first Greek! Here's one from a large mixed lot. The colorful patina is appealing. [IMG] PONTOS, Amisos 100-85 BCE, time of...
I hadn't come across the term "hasta pura" before, so thanks :) Here she is with that device, pointing to the globe at her feet. [IMG] Postumus...
Hilarious!
I agree-- it means plated with a few microns of something silverish in color.
I'm looking forward to the book and might have to bite the bullet and shell out the bucks.
Okay, I have a better sense of where you're at now. Clearly the best strategy for you, given your primary concerns and goals, is to establish a...
As others have said and as you've already found, this is a bronze coin from the Ptolemaic dynasty. Exactly which Ptolemy isn't always easy to...
Big ol' congrats on that one, Mat :)
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