I have a couple. The second one was relatively recently added and I don't think I've shown it here before. I wish the obverse was a bit better...
Worn coins are fabulous-- they look appropriate for age. They beg to be touched :)
@OldGoldGuy, here's a webpage discussing the Thasos satyr & nymph coins and their possible meanings.
You'll need to look at prior sales and decide for yourself. With ancients it is difficult to find a comparison that is exactly the same in terms...
Phew, and yay!
Bad news. They are both die matches (cast) to a coin in Forvm's Fakes Gallery :( [ATTACH]
Looks fake to me-- the edges look filed and polished-- nearly perpendicular to the faces-- and the fields look cast.
@Magnus Maximus, Ardatirion does this for a living. He's a cataloguer for CNG. Constantinople it is.
Don't put much stock in my opinion. I've only recently begun learning about Byzantines. My opinion comes from comparing the two examples in...
I think Gert Boersema has the attribution right. As for price, maybe it's slightly high compared to auctions, maybe not. Check CNG's archives...
You're right. I'll return it. [IMG] Nick Molinari has been studying that very question for some time and is gathering all possible leads,...
Hah, excellent reference :D
Thanks, ancientnut! I'm glad you didn't bid. There was enough competition for it already :D. This coin was from CNG 342, lot 54. Since your...
Sounds like a fun thing to collect! Welcome :)
I watched some of it and noticed many going very cheaply. Not the one coin I bid on though, which went for multiples of estimate. It was...
I'm on your heels with 7 coins this year. I just missed a big one in today's Pecunem but suspect the high bidder had an astronomic maximum (it...
I was given additional information about this coin's history from the gracious underbidder, one of the curators of this Man-Faced Bull website,...
Nice! I posted the seller's picture initially and replaced it with my images recently. You might need to upgrade your jigsaw :D Thanks again...
I can't tell if she's charming the snake, using her hand to guide its head, or if she's about to deliver a bitchslap :D
Thanks!! The iridescence blew me away. Just a little tilt toward the light and BAM!
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