Thanks for the clarification and the coin, @David Atherton :) For clarity, is Caesarea Maritima in Samaria?
What an excellent and well-organized presentation! Thanks :)
Great start, everyone! Thanks for contributing. As for Antioch... it is a source of confusion for me an probably for others. I think but am not...
Do you love provincial coins? I sure do! It's a huge area ripe with interesting niches and opportunities for contribution, discovery, and deeper...
I understand wanting your gift to go to someone who truly appreciates the coin rather than someone who will immediately list it in their eBay...
That is just too cool! Nice impulse buy :) I have an example of the understrike type: [IMG] AKARNANIA, Federal Coinage (Akarnanian Confederacy)...
Okay :) [IMG] BRUTTIUM, the Brettii 216-214 BCE Æ quartuncia, 13.5mm, 2.06 g Obv: head of Amphitrite left, wearing crab headdress Rev: crab;...
Your coin has significant corrosion and metal loss so I don't think the size and weight difference is meaningful.
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I've kept in touch with Steve by email and have been trying to help sort this out since CT administration feels they cannot answer this question...
Looks like it to me. The portrait looks like Macrinus and you can see a bit of the obverse legend. Compare it to this Antiochian Macrinus from...
Numismatic fish ? ;) [IMG]
Down boy! That is NOT a Scooby Snack! :D
A very interesting mystery! Is it unpublished or is it a modern fantasy? I don't know. The coin looks convincing. The only two coins I see...
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I agree :)
I'd pass the coins around in padded trays with instructions to handle the coins directly over the trays. A standard size jeweler's tray with...
Nice coin and concise writeup!
I'm not sure which coin is the most "showable". Most of my showing is done here on CoinTalk and virtually on my website. @Gavin Richardson, is...
Ditto. I'm going with #4. I haven't been posting much in the last month or two but it isn't entirely because of the Steve hoopla. Life has not...
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