The bottom right coin is, if authentic (and I'm not sure what to think about this one but it might be authentic), a tetradrachm of Roman emperor...
The upper left coin appears to be a copy (not an authentic coin) of a "new style" Athens drachm (or tetradrachm, but it looks more like the...
I don't know the answer to your question but suspect that a "complete" set (if there is such a thing) is going to be a significantly larger task...
Faustina Jr sure was prolific in popping out the little emperors! I wonder if any other empresses has as many children or if she wins the award...
How interesting! I didn't know the Helios/rose design was used outside of Rhodes. Z- that serrate Macdonian is a real catch! The others are...
Good point. Charles's coin though, simply by being Greek, is more likely to be of a value high enough for it to make into an auction house's...
Yes, it's Diocletian :). Your coin's legend begins AKΓoVA... (not sure if the next letter is a lambda or a delta; could be either and still work...
I think that's a fair statement. Those archives go back to the early 2000s. Finding only one example of a coin is unusual.
Another tip specific to the OP coin: check the third letter. It is not a K.
Nope :D
I've only seen it written as "Charon's obol", although the word obol may have been used generically.
That Wildwinds entry (which cites a CNG coin that sold in 2008) is the only one of these I've found in acsearch and CNG's archives (search terms...
No, much later.
Interesting! I wonder if the scholarship surrounding this coin has changed over the years, and why/how someone determined it was from Apamea in...
Yes, it is still a tetradrachm. Yours is not Elagabalus though. The denomination grew smaller in the later years of Roman Egypt and the metal...
Claudius looks rather sad about that :D
He really does have a great sense of humor. One of these days I'm going to order that book of his. I've heard it's fun.
I like that coin quite a bit and almost bid on it :). It’s a wonderful example of the type, and a great “story coin”. Congrats!
Nice one, Jay! Great details.
I think you're looking at his current mail bid sale. Lot 427 does match the Flavius Victor campgate fakes in FAC's database :( Thanks for the...
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