Cyrrhus, those are much nicer than most I see for sale!
You're accumulating quite a nice collection of large Imperial bronzes, Ro!
Gosh that's a gorgeous coin! drool
@dougsmit, perhaps the best photographer on the Ancients side of CoinTalk, recently acquired a ring light and offered up images for our opinions....
Oh, cool!! I found a site which will convert .jpg screen shots to text files which I can then copy and paste into Google Translate. I started...
It's amazing how much I can get done in Coinland while avoiding housework :D Here's the reference cited by Head: Tacchella, D., “Monnaies...
You guys are right-- I'll keep it as it is. The uplighting seems appropriate and it really did bring out the details better than traditional...
I have one coin whose obverse I purposefully lit from below in order to emphasize the ghoulishness. Admittedly though, I really should reshoot...
I suspect if Martin collected classic US coins, he'd collect Morgan dollars by VAM number :D.
Thanks for checking, Q :) I found some additional information about the coin and the reassignment to Apollonia Pontika. Imhoof-Blumer's...
I think I've done your homework for you... Using the full-text book I linked two posts above, here's a screen shot of the relevant page. Note...
Overall, I like the new images better but they are too dark. Just a bit of lightening would help quite a bit :).
I didn't mean that the example coin I used for a reference was your exact coin, only that you might be able to find your coin in the same...
Dane doesn't have a translation of this book. Here's a site which has the full text in .pdf available for free download.
:D I don't recognize it but that anchor certainly looks like Apollonia Pontika. Unless someone else comes up with a reference, the next step...
Hmm. This is far removed from what I collect but browsing CoinArchives shows a lot of 3 of these which sold for 18 EUR ($25) in 2011....
Looking through various archives (ahem... with larger pictures :D) I too am unconvinced. On some coins he is wearing a laurel wreath which has...
My favorite cartoon horse: [IMG] CELTIC, Central Europe (Rhineland). "Dancing Mannikin" type 65 BCE - CE 1 AR Quinarius, 13 mm, 1.62 gm Obv:...
Your favorite is definitely in my top 3 but my #1 pick is your Taras nomos. [IMG] Rounding out the top 3: [IMG]
Personally, I don't think there is a definitive way to tell when the sandy patina is hard (if it is soft, I think it is most likely fake). The...
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