Odessos is on the Black Sea, western coast. [ATTACH] THRACE, Odessos. Circa 125-70 BC AR tetradrachm, 32mm, 16.70 g, 12h In the name and type...
[ATTACH] Caracalla, 198-217 AD Rome, struck 215 AD AR denarius, 19 mm, 3.8 gm Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head right (looks like GURM...
If we're going to circle the Black Sea, this is going to be a long thread. Not that there's anything wrong with that :D [ATTACH] THRACE,...
A jolly fellow from the Stack's mixed lot. Looks like he needs a little coinicillin. [ATTACH] Posthumus, 259-268 AD antoninianus, 20 x 22 mm,...
Very nice!
[ATTACH] BOSPORAN KINGDOM. Sauromates I AD 93/4-123/4 AE 48 units (29mm, 10.84 gm, 12h) Obv: diademed, draped bust of Sauromates left Rev: nike...
[shrug] The weight and diameter are good. I just don't have enough experience to make the call, plus it's hard to make that judgement without...
This is what happens when you have lax rules and intermixed forums. Give Doug an inch and he'll take a mile. Sheesh. ;) Bing, I also have one...
Yeah, the more I look at the the less I like it. The transition from devices to flan looks soft and indistinct and there is odd pitting. Can't...
I don't know much (okay, anything) about them, but it appears to be a silver stater of Tarsos, Cilicia. I'll look for matching examples. Not...
Coin #1 is definitely a challenge. I can't even count the number of letters. Based on the portrait, it is a later emperor. Some emperors can be...
They are provincial Roman coins from Alexandria, Egypt. The first coin is challenging because the legends aren't clear but I'll take a closer...
:oops: Those were easy since the legends were clear. Working on his other post now-- the first coin is a challenge.
Luckily for you, several of us on CoinTalk love Alexandrian coins and have Keith Emmett's reference book. :) Your coins are provincial Romans...
Edited: :oops: I referenced the same site you posted. Nice coin, good price!
I've not read much of the discussions but Jochen's coin collection (Forvm) is fabulous.
Whew! Crisis averted. I thought he'd opened a wormhole. Here's a Theo I from the Stack's mixed lot. There may be others... haven't reviewed...
We all knew that's why you bought that particular electrum. :D
The Goldberg lot held no disappointments whatsoever. It's been a ton of fun and I like all of the coins... will probably keep all of them. The...
Another tiny treasure from the Goldberg lot. This one is pretty interesting. I think the attribution is correct but I haven't found any pictures...
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