Chris, there are no Athenian silver Octadrachms to my knowledge. Are they just so rare that I've never heard of one? The Ptolemies minted gold...
Yes, there are Pontic and Mysian coins with facing owls, wings spread, but as you can see, the style is completely different from the Athenian...
SNG Cop 50 has a forward-facing owl with spread wings, but it's a trihemiobol, a very tiny coin. Whether the design was made in larger...
Mr. Cheeks: there was nothing but a matter-of-fact attitude in my posts. I'm sorry that you read them otherwise. It's difficult to put tone into...
Despite the fact that ancient dies were engraved by hand and exhibit a certain amount of artistic variance, once you've looked at thousands of...
The style of the coins is utterly and completely wrong.
Most interesting! I had to look up depletion gilding, but perhaps that's what accounts for the slightly golden hues on the coin, if it's a...
Well, what detail it does have is pretty strong. Some cleaning would bring it out more. Best wishes on the attribution - better you than me. :)
Market-wise, I would say in the $50 range IF it was cleaned up some more. It seems to have a lot of strong detail. If you get rid of most of the...
Cool. VK will no doubt be along shortly. I wish I could help...
I would at least take it to a professional in Jordan or Israel. There are many knowledgeable dealers and archaeologists in your part of the world....
Plenty of fakes were made in ancient times. As soon as coins were invented, counterfeiters followed suit. I have a page full of ancient fakes. So...
I posted this coin in another thread when I won it, but here it is with my own pic, arrived today from Bulgaria. Not only is this a $22 cheapie,...
Those are nice, Steve. The first one is too round but hey, you can't have everything. It reminds me that I also picked up this Hard Times Token...
Wouldn't these coins only be of interest to collectors that specialize in large cents, and aren't large cent specialists as indifferent to slabs...
This guy's offering all three volumes for $280. eBay
Here is a handful of my minute Nabataean bronzes of Aretas IV... [ATTACH]
You have very poor tastes, sir. I applaud you vigorously.
You can start that thread. I've got a few items in that drawer too. And they're pretty embarrassing by any aesthetic standards - very rare and...
It's an extremely bad imitation of a Judaean shekel of the First Revolt period.
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