Wow! It's very appealing. I know nothing about this era of numismatics but it's a nice-looking coin in the context of the general type.
I keep hoping to find one of these Ace-Ptolemais coins (coin from CNG's archives): [IMG]
It's a challenge... I do think it's Marcus Aurelius though. The inscription is similar to the obverse legends on his Alexandrian coins. What I...
I was confused too, trying to reconcile the style and coin edges/shape of the two pictures-- then I read the last line of the auction listing....
John, that lot consisted of two different coins, an ant of Vabalathus and a tet of Zenobia :D
John, I'm looking at Emmett and don't see any coin with both Vabalathus and Zenobia. He lists coins with Aurelian/Vabalathus, Vabalathus alone,...
Was the issue of his non-payment for numismatic auction winnings ever resolved?
Last year I nabbed a similarly sweet deal on some archaics, thanks to a sharp-eyed friend who noticed this poorly photographed lot of two coins....
What a gorgeous coin and fabulous photograph! I've had many coins call loudly but this one was shouting :) [ATTACH] SICILY, Syracuse....
Be careful. If you come here too often you will become addicted to acquiring ancient coins :D
It was made in 290-291 AD
That may be the most detailed elephant headdress I've seen on an Alexandrian!
Me too :D
Doug, do you feel this coin has been significantly tooled?
Thanks, Steve-O. You've seen it before, posted here. Oh, I recorded the NGC holder grade in that thread. Choice XF, 5/5, 3/5.
Well if we're not just limited to Septimius Severus, I've got a nice sestertius of Nero which seems to be original or at least minimally molested...
For enthusiastic collectors of Roman Egyptian coins (like me :)), that's a nice coin. It's not Claudius II though, it's Diocletian. Although...
Lot 705, Titus sestertius [IMG] Lot 724, Domitian sestertius [IMG] Lot 807, Marcus Aurelius sesterius [IMG] Lot 838, Lucius Verus aureus [IMG]...
This thread was worth resurrecting in order to give followup on the numerous coins of questionable authenticity in Art Coin Roma's recent auction...
One (apparently baseless) internet rumor is that the Sacred Stone of Emesa is now the sacred Black Stone, al-Hajar al-Aswat, now enshrined in the...
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