I think you're right. I just saw MaCabe's page on contemporary imitations and there is something similar. In this weight range it should be...
I dug up another prow, something from an old mixed lot. It was a stumper when I saw it in 2013. Other than Roman Republic, I didn't know much...
I happened to be searching Roman Republicans for something else and was already on the correct wildwinds page (Roman Republic, Anonymous)....
Hahaha... once again we were stalking the same coins. I only won 2 out of 9. The two I really intended to buy looked unwanted and I bid in the...
From Wildwinds: Roman Republic, Anonymous Denarius. Circa 179-170 BC. Helmeted head of Roma right, X behind / Diana with crescent on head driving...
It's a technical term. You wouldn't understand. :D
Zumbly, maybe you're right. Looking closer I see a thin line to the right of the exergual blob and it could be the grain's stem, with the grain...
Welcome back to the darkside!
1280-1281? Hmm, lemme dig through my pocket change and see what I can post to this thread :P
Thanks! Hmm, what other reference books do you have... not that I'd dream of imposing bunches of look-ups :D
Thanks, Z. Where did you see that example? I'd like to take a look. Do you have SNG Cop for Troas? Edited: Oh, I forgot that some SNG...
I'm going through some old mixed lot coins which were never fully attributed or photographed. Here's one which is definitely from Assos but I...
Nero... like him or loathe him, he sure struck a multitude of interesting coins. Congratulations on the unexpectedly good trade deal and the...
Perhaps the fact that is a Septimius Severus affected your decision :D.
Such "discoveries" are always fun. This is such a fantastic hobby!
BARKE [IMG] KYRENAIKA, Barke 480-450 BCE AR hemidrachm, 13 mm, 1.57 gm Obv: silphium plant Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right within linear frame, B A...
True, but the similarity of names makes me think the fraudist (is that a word? fraudulent artist :)) simply mixed up his Serviliuses. Also, the...
I felt the same way at World's Fair of Money last summer. Table after table after table of Morgan dollars, which I don't find attractive in the...
:D :D :D Excellent!
o_O It looks like an obverse of a C. Servilius Vatia denarius with reverse of C. Servilius M.f. denarius. I hate to bring up the F word again...
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