Happy birthday, my handsome and popular big brother! :) Here's a coin I haven't shown before. [IMG] CILICIA, Tarsus. Elagabalus 218-222 CE Æ...
As expected, this has turned into another heated discussion on TPGs and slabbing. We have them every few months and I'm okay with that. It's an...
That is the most grotesque rendering of Mars I've seen on an ancient coin yet I can't look away! What on earth was the engraver thinking?...
I can see how having an official-looking display could avert the eternal question from non-collectors, "how do you know they are real?". Having...
Okay, I won't give you the bum's rush but I do feel an obligation to make sure you understand the service NGC offers. Beyond that, it's your...
I am not comfortable saying with certainty that it is either genuine or a forgery, but in general agree with Sallent's statement. The coin is...
Personally, I think it's best to have one coin ID per thread... but that it is better to space out the requests for help for the reasons you...
Pisidia, Antioch. See if you can make out some of the obverse legend. The portraits are not "true", so these Pisidian coins from Gallienus,...
Do any of you think Coin 1 has had some subtle "improvements"? The fields are mostly free of flow lines and look slightly and uniformly matte,...
Yep, just a couple of organ-filled jars, sitting on pillows, having a a girl talk :D :D
That is a nice one! Had I seen it I might have jumped into the fray, since its obverse and fabric are much nicer than mine. (edited: I must've...
I'm sorry about your coin but happy to hear of your dealer's high ethical standards and diligence.
Sure they aren't. :D [ATTACH]
Dang, @Orange Julius-- those are fantastic! Nice images too :)
Yay, we want pictures! iPhone pics can be more than good enough for general purposes if you make some type of stand for the phone. Hmm, more...
You mean the wood table visible between the edges of the coin and the circular cropping? :D At a glance it does rather look like a reeded edge.
There's a bull (?) leaping/charging right and some readable letters above it, so it is probably possible to find the ID. Someone else wanna give...
I could easily be wrong :)
Nomenclature debate aside, I count 40 coins. To be thoroughly pedantic, I think the plural of lepton is lepta and prutah prutot :bookworm:
[IMG] [IMG] http://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/8607/ Volume 4 Number 8607 (temporary) Province Syria Region Commagene City Zeugma Reign Marcus...
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