Sadly, English is my only language as well and there is no earthly possibility of me even trying to slog through the Eckhel books unless there is...
Sorry, I added more after you copied my message for a quote. I have not read the books although they are available in .pdf format online....
I thought it started with Eckhel's Doctrina Numorum Veterum, 18th century. As for his order of presentation, I don't know if he gave a reason and...
How low will I stoop? About this low (eek!): [IMG] Barcids of Spain, Carthago Nova 237-209 BCE AR 1/4 shekel Obv: laureate male head left...
I don't follow these coins and so don't know if they were also issued in bronze, but some of the examples I see online show very debased silver....
The second coin is Gordian III, as you already identified. In addition to the distinctive portrait, the obverse spells his name....
First coin, found in CNG's archives simply by typing the search terms "Trajan, AE, eagle, standards":...
@Dougmeister, later today I'll PM you some links to sources and databases and you can see what is available now and what has been available in the...
Possibly do-able (except for Giza; see below), but tough. It is possible to occasionally find a lighthouse of Alexandria for less than $100. The...
While reading about my new Julia Domna Fecunditas (and thanks for exhuming this thread-- now I have a reason to post the coin again :D) I came...
I don't think you can make a set of ancient coins showing all of these seven ancient wonders. Great Pyramid of Giza: not depicted on any ancient...
You're right! Definitely not Melkart.
It's patterned after an Augustus tetradrachm, like this: (from CNG's archives) [IMG] SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria, Antioch. Augustus. 27 BC-14...
The was a nice dotless-theta owl tet in today's CNG auction: http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=319794#
Aw man... the original thread was deleted? Here's the lighthouse of Alexandria on a drachm of Hadrian: [IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Hadrian...
Here's the entry in Mionnet's book (available as online .pdf on a few websites). There aren't plates, but on the referenced coin he mentions a...
I recall seeing some without the dot in the O/theta, but they were in Forvm's Fakes gallery. I hope yours does not match one of them....
I wasn't thinking that at all! It just needs some TLC and close observation :) I have many coins which came in similar or worse condition and...
Yes, the difficult-to-use platform keeps me away. Simply typing and attaching pictures isn't hard, but if you want to do any formatting (and I...
I think the coin was previously treated for BD. The circled areas appear to be relative pits. [ATTACH] This is one of the difficult things...
Separate names with a comma.
