It looks like 1/5th, just from the size. Beautiful piece!
Lot of nice-looking pieces there, Gil. And a Macrinus AE denarius...way to go. :thumb: Those coins don't exactly grow on trees.
It's all Greek to me.
Nice coins everyone, and Jerry: be careful. Don't get a heat stroke out in that balmy weather.
It's the worst neighborhood on the planet. The closest I'd like to get is Turkey - lots of ancient sites to see there.
Plautilla, d. 211, wife of Caracalla. Obverse: PLAVTILLA AVGVSTA, Draped bust right. Reverse: PIETAS AVGG, Pietas standing, holding scepter and...
You can in fact get decent coins in the $10 range, but they will only be decent if you appreciate them personally for the physical link they...
No indeed. I agree completely. And Marcian stood up to Atilla, as well he should have. I should have clarified my comment by commending him for...
I have no idea. That's all the information I got. But my understanding is that there are many sites on the Arabian Peninsula that are barely...
I like everybody's choice of coins on this forum, but I'm particularly interested in yours, VK. I think we have a kindred spirit in searching out...
They've already been soaked. I would go ahead and try dish soap with a toothbrush, then a toothpick or needle.
Yeah. It'll be a while though. I let you know in about a year. :)
Well after nine weeks, the mailman finally came by with a package from UAE - a common bronze of Aretas IV, but this one is well-centered with...
Almost all ancient coins are cleaned. Most of them have to be. It's a different aesthetic altogether from collecting moderns.
The large coin in post 1 is an antoninianus of Philip I, another common emperor. It looks pretty good, although the reverse is weak. I'd fork out...
The first is a denarius of Hadrian. COS III dates it to 119. The denarii of Hadrian are plentiful and common, even in much higher grades, so I...
Does that lend any support to the theory that they were used as coinage? If the answer to that is in your thesis, you don't have to give a long...
That's a very good coin, WC. I would gladly have that in my collection. Well-done!
I'd start out with some dish soap and a toothbrush. Give them a mild scrubbing and see if anything comes off. Ordinarily I'd say rinse them with...
Congress no longer believes in liberty - it might be a hard sell. At any rate, if the designs end up being the same lifeless, digitized,...
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