It looks like a copy of a forgery, a modern cast patterned after a Carl Becker forgery. Here's an example of one of those from Forum Ancient...
Edited to correct my mistake. There is a rare Seleukid coin with this iconography: (from CNG's archives). Your coin looks like a modern cast...
@TheRed those are exceptional examples of Seleukos tets, congrats! I have to agree with @Alegandron though... Ptolemy Soter is the most...
Wow, what a gorgeous Myrina tet! Your out-of-plastic images are wonderful :) I dislike the practice of encapsulating ancient coins but I do...
It is gorgeous! I love your coin's portrayal of Heracles (very artistic), and Zeus is nicely rendered as well. Great pickup!
It is not down (or at least it wasn't when I checked just now). I used to have the problem all the time. The fix is outlined below. The reason...
That was a very interesting summary, thanks!
Take heart, friends. Clearly she was only talking about collectors of U.S. coins :D.
HAH! So funny :D
That sounds rough! Glad you're better. Funny how a bout of sickness can help with smoking cessation. Somewhat similarly, although I quit...
LOL So, in this case, the "lost" pedigree information was lost by me :shifty::oops: It has been so long since I submitted the coin that I don't...
...and now I feel like a big idiot: I hadn't updated my FileMaker database in a few years. Apparently that CNG mail bid sale pedigree was known...
Have you considered an Antoninus Pius Syrian issue with eagle standing on the sacred stone of El-Gabal? They can usually be acquired for a modest...
:wideyed: Wow! That is a marvelous find!
Here's the image from the 1995 CNG catalog. Hmm. I really need to reshoot this coin. My images are too contrasty and reflect-y. [ATTACH]
Remember two years ago when we were excited about the new provenance-searching company, Ex-Numis? Many of us submitted coins with the free...
Doug makes a good point and we've seen that circumstance before here on CoinTalk. Didn't we recently have a situation where a coin someone bought...
I was the underbidder on the Velia and on the Celtic AV stater. I dropped out of bidding on the Henry VIII AV angel many increments before the...
Better drive fast too... that coin hits the block in an hour or two :D
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