:joyful::joyful: Thanks for the early morning laugh. I wouldn't be surprised to see it described as "minor roughness" or "minor porosity" by...
Surely it's worth a decent amount? Nice looking bill :)
Yay for your fortuitous find! Nice writeup, too :)
No, it does not have a chance of being authentic :D.
What is the weight of your coin, Topcat? It might help narrow the field a bit because standards changed over the years, dramatically during...
A+ for use of graph paper. I love graph paper. It is the best paper :D ... I'm a FileMaker Pro user although I don't use it to its full...
When the auction was first published I put that on the watch list. I'm generally not a huge fan of these facing-head Larissa drachms but the type...
I think it is a ring (meant for wearing on a finger) whose band has been squashed at some point in time.
Considering some of the very minor details which generate separate RIC numbers, your new coin's difference seem major. At first glance I saw the...
As am I.
Hmm, I guess I should have been more specific in the thread title: Roman Egypt tetradrachms. That's okay though-- I'll pile on some Ptolemaic...
A's style looked Judaean to me... Askalon in particular. I missed the deity though and learned something upon searching for the type. Assumming...
B: Eagle supporting a mountain (Mt. Gerizim with temple atop the mountain, not seen in the OP image); Neopolis in Judaea.
Of course I don't mind :). How's the coin display doing? Has it generated any interest?
I thought it as Syrian Antioch as well!
Tyche is certainly common on bronze coins of Phoenicia but the leaping ram with head reverted (above her bust) is classic for a different place....
Great quiz! I can't resist chiming in with at least one answer :D D: Emesa (eagle standing on the baetyl of El-Gabal, Syrian sun god)
Yes! His second and fourth wife, a Vestal Virgin (scandal!). [IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa year 5, CE 221/2 tetradrachm, 23.5 mm,...
No :( But all of these guesses are in the correct era :)
That is indeed a person :D and in the general time frame but she's not the person I've shown. Mamaea's coiffure is a bit different from the...
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