This Roman Republic coin with biga of Cupids is appropriate for Valentine's day :) [ATTACH] Roman Republic moneyer L. Julius L. f. Caesar, 103...
This review of Emmett's book mentions an errata sheet "available from author". So far I haven't found it reproduced online. Have you seen it?...
Excellent! CNG's Philip I tets are, on average, of higher quality than the Vcoins offerings so reading the legends will be much easier.
Hmm. Good pickups, Doug. At the top of pages 174 and 175 Emmett shows the same legends for years 1, 2, and 3-- all written separately. Clearly...
That's pretty neat, Pish. Does it have a light source?
Ancient cigarette ad [ATTACH]
Eng-- it's a beauty! A chocolate brown tetradrachm... sounds like a reasonable substitute for chocolate truffles. Happy Valentine's Day :)
The first picture made me automatically reach to clean my glasses, thinking I was seeing double. I may look for a pair of cheap cheaters but for...
They are authentic coins of the two ruler combatants mentioned in my previous post: a Lysimachos drachm and a Seleukos I Nikator bronze. The...
Ah, yes. The rare and desirable "COΡΥ" man-faced bull. As everyone knows, Greek R is written as "P" and U as "Y". This commemorates the Battle...
I can't make it quite add up but I suspect it may be an Elagabalus from Mesopotamia
Someday I'll upgrade this incidentally acquired COL NEM. It was a surprise inclusion in a small lot of Ptolemaic bronzes purchased primarily for...
That's an envy-inducing coin! Evil octopus plotting to attack nymph: [ATTACH] Sicily, Syracuse. Dionysos I 390 BCE Æ tetras, 14 mm, 1.8 gm Obv:...
I have many coins with uneven flans. As others have said, this is just a consequence of the manufacturing techniques. As for the weight of...
That's definitely a great tail though, Doug. Such a happy-looking serpent. Not a scary monster at all. More like a Muppet :D
Since I can't have @AncientJoe's, this one will have to do :D [ATTACH] SIKYONIA, Sikyon, 335-330 BCE. AR stater, 23 mm, 12.3 gm. Chimera...
Here are some current Vcoins offerings of the types (note that there are a few strays on that page which are not 1000th anniversary types). These...
Apparently some did farm out the background work. For instance, this painting of emperor Theodosius (Art Institute of Chicago): [IMG]...
Nothing jumped out at me as being fake-- a nice "little" collection indeed! Edited to add: There's a funny spot on the center of the Philip II...
Another worrisome thing though is that the reverse combination of coin #1 is not on Barry Murphy's site. (dot AΓ ligate, pentagram)
Separate names with a comma.
