I like those coins. I feel much safer bottom feeding these days, what with all the talk of forgeries and tooling around here.
So I'm assuming the rectangle at the bottom is an anvil which would hold the reverse die, and the blob over it is the obverse die holder. The...
I would not have bid on that coin from the seller's pics. My opinion is that you got lucky it turned out so much better than portrayed.
That's obviously some intense cataloging, but what do the columns marked Nor, Cun, and V(i) represent? And what do the numbers in those columns mean?
Got a pic?
Check out this site for more information. It's actually a discussion of the lathe machining of Greek bronzes, but there is some discussion of flan...
Furthermore, the overflow chamber may have served the dual purpose of allowing some of the metal to flow back into the flan chamber as it cooled...
The molten metal was poured into plaster casting trees that had overflow runners, the idea being that the slag that formed at the leading edge...
I like it. I have a special place in my heart for these large, circulated, but problem-free coins. Jerry calls them comfort coins, and I like that...
See, that's exactly what I mean. My mind is already searching for a Queen Elizabeth/Neanderthal joke.
We've had discussions about book purchases, pdf downloads, and favorite reference materials, but I'd like to start a thread that gives people an...
It's a good coin, congratulations. I would be happy to own that dollar as a type coin. :thumb:
That's not exactly true. There are thousands of types that show primates of the family Homidinae, namely Homo Sapiens. :) I wonder if lower...
You're a mad scientist Ras. I can only imagine how much work it took to compile even that one document.
I agree with Bing's attribution. Your coin is quite worn, and anyway, dies weren't mass-produced from master hubs in the ancient world so you find...
I think you've nailed it.
Does the reverse legend jibe with Domitian? You may be right - I can't find it under Titus.
I believe the first is Vespasian struck by Titus, if the obverse legend reads IMP TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG PM. It's difficult to discern the...
The city seems to have been at a crossroads of many civilizations throughout history, and the coinage reflects that abundantly. You'd have quite...
Or if you've got coins minted in Damascus, of any era, post them!
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