Yes :mad: [IMG] :D
Oh yay!! I'm glad they turned up-- those are some fantastic coins. You must've been frantic. What a relief, huh? :)
An interesting thesis! However, the coin shown and others like it may not represent campgates even though we call them such. They may instead...
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Here's my theory :D The mint work was salvaging two (or more?) too-thin flans, working them together into one flan The flan sandwich was heated...
Here's the coin and link from Sixbid's archives: https://sixbid.com/browse.html?auction=2981&category=61687&lot=2488157 [IMG]
It's a bull.
Oooh, that's going to be a tough one to nail down. Best guess for obverse: Apollo (he usually looks more feminine than the female deities :D)...
Yes, that's it :) Emmett number is 1094. Yours is probably year 16, like the second picture. You can see a bit of the 6. This hemidrachm with...
Not smarter but I enjoy piddling around in Photoshop :) At a glance the obverses look quite similar but once you spot check a few of the usual...
I like your new coin and your pictures (particularly the reverse shot-- nice!). Very colorful :)
Your thought process was spot on. It is from Alexandria and it is a hemidrachm. I don't see any in CNG's archives or ACsearch. I didn't search...
Nope. Hint: Roman Egypt :)
Your most recent shot is nicely focused. If you think the color is off, try adjusting it in a photo editor. Maybe simply decreasing the...
It is double-struck.
The first appears to match a Toronto Group forgery :( http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=17 [IMG]...
Nice big flan, deep strike, great centering... beautiful!
Nice coins and pictures, everyone! Happy birthday, Rome :) A couple of Imperials: [IMG] Nero struck in Rome, CE 63 Orichalcum sestertius, 34...
Some of that Ethiopian opal rough: [ATTACH] One of them after initial removal of matrix: [ATTACH] (I never finished it :oops:) Some gorgeous...
What a fun hobby! Nice job on that garnet :) Being a gem cutter, are you familiar with John Dyer? He's like a rock star in gem cutting. I met...
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