I looked at the dropbox pics, but I can't make anything out of the tiny coin - I see something that looks like a bust on one side. Is the T on the...
The really worn coin is Roman also. The bust looks like Philip II, but the legends are so worn, it may be impossible to identify it accurately....
The Justinian doesn't look right to me, but I don't know Byzantine coins. Still, it looks like a replica. Someone with more knowledge about...
The coin with two heads facing outward is a Roman Republic bronze. The god is Janus. The reverse shows the prow of a ship with the lettering ROMA...
Better pics would be helpful. I can't see much of anything.
Sorry about that. I bought this coin a few months ago, but never got around to photographing it. I have a rare day-off, so I'm trying to catch up...
Thanks again Al. I was not aware of this site - I now have it bookmarked. Looking through his coins, I now see that the letter is in fact tsade. I...
Martin, - those are beautiful denarii!
Now THAT'S what a beautiful, natural desert patina should look like!
Charles, if you get a chance to look at the rest of my site, please give me any other corrections you might have. Since you're obviously fluent in...
The head is obviously turreted Tyche, the reverse looks like it has a galley with inscription above. There are a number of these types minted in...
@Nemo - congratulations on the acquisition of a rare coin, and thank you kindly for sharing some of Agrippa I's history.
Thanks for the correction, Charles - I get easily mixed up between nun and lamedh because they sometimes look so similar on the coins. I will go...
It's been on my want list for some time. I've been working on the attribution of the second coin, trying to understand the Paleo-Hebrew letters...
Hey man, don't shoot the messenger. :D We've all heard Hollywood's version of ancient music in countless movies. But in fact, what the ancients...
Nabataeans spoke Nabataean. I specialize in these coins. You can read more about them on my website.
He's only fooling the collectors that refuse to do any research. He's been on FORVM's NFSL for years, and if anyone takes the time to study and...
Excellent!
Yes, if I had a time machine, I'd like to see any of our coins as they came out of the dies. But in 2015 I prefer my ancient coins to LOOK...
Precisely. The coin looks almost uncirculated, in the sense that it was well-struck and probably didn't change too many hands in commerce.
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