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    Ancient => Kaproooow!!! ... yup, I bought anutha sweet prow!!

    An elephant on the prow? LIKE!
    Post by: TIF, Oct 15, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Gallienus Panther

    I've come across one or two auction descriptions recently which were uncertain, indicating that the animal might be a hyena. If I see them again...
    Post by: TIF, Oct 15, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Gallienus Panther

    That is a very sharp panther, congrats! It's a shame that the quality of most Gallienus coins is so poor. Oh, and as for cracking it out, I've...
    Post by: TIF, Oct 15, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    [ancients] SICILY, Himera. AR litra, a nice little coin

    And didn't most of us of a certain age have our introduction to classical music in the form of Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries, as interpreted by...
    Post by: TIF, Oct 15, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    My Avatar

    Thanks for the info and references, looking forward to reading the articles and comments.
    Post by: TIF, Oct 15, 2013 in forum: World Coins
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    Fouree Owl = Fake Owl; a conjecture

    Interesting, thanks. Any by the way, I'd love to hear about your avatar coin!
    Post by: TIF, Oct 15, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    [ancients] SICILY, Himera. AR litra, a nice little coin

    There's an example of this coin coming up for auction with a German house. The description says "Campanian helmet" (in German: "Kampanischer...
    Post by: TIF, Oct 15, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Little Lot of Ancient Coins that look half cleaned

    Looks like Constantine-era coins, so 4th century AD (ie, the 300's AD)
    Post by: TIF, Oct 14, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    [ancients] ID help; is this an Elagabalus from Edessa, Mesopotamia?

    Oh. How did I overlook the laureate part? Interesting. My coin fits the Mionnet description better than the wildwinds example. I'm putting...
    Post by: TIF, Oct 14, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    [ancients] ID help; is this an Elagabalus from Edessa, Mesopotamia?

    OK. Everybody-- send me all of your coins so that I can study them. It may take the rest of my lifetime, hope you're not in a rush :D
    Post by: TIF, Oct 14, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    [ancients] ID help; is this an Elagabalus from Edessa, Mesopotamia?

    Could be, John, but there are just as many difference in that Severus Alexander as with the wildwinds Elagabalus. On the vcoins Sev. Alex: the...
    Post by: TIF, Oct 14, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    [ancients] ID help; is this an Elagabalus from Edessa, Mesopotamia?

    Looks like I've struck out, having exhausted all the resources I can think of-- wildwinds, coinproject, coinarchives, acsearch, Vcoins, Pecunem...
    Post by: TIF, Oct 14, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    [ancients] ID help; is this an Elagabalus from Edessa, Mesopotamia?

    Thanks for that tip. I'll look through the Pecunem auctions. Maybe that's where I saw a similar coin before-- it looked familiar when I first...
    Post by: TIF, Oct 14, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    [ancients] ID help; is this an Elagabalus from Edessa, Mesopotamia?

    I read through all of the Mesopotamia entries in this book and the Edessa Elagablus entry is the closest. No others mention a column. It does...
    Post by: TIF, Oct 14, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    [ancients] ID help; is this an Elagabalus from Edessa, Mesopotamia?

    I found the reference (Mionnet) free online. Using google translate to make sense of the entries (it's in French). Going through all of the...
    Post by: TIF, Oct 14, 2013 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    [ancients] ID help; is this an Elagabalus from Edessa, Mesopotamia?

    This was in the Goldberg lot, in a stapled 2x2 with no information. It looks very similar to other Edessa issues of Elagabalus but I haven't...
    Thread by: TIF, Oct 13, 2013, 20 replies, in forum: Ancient Coins
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    1893 Columbian Exposition medal, Eglit-140.

    Anyone else think Severus Snape when they see this coin?
    Post by: TIF, Oct 13, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1893 Columbian Exposition medal, Eglit-140.

    Related to the Expo, here's an interesting historical fiction book which takes place during/in the Expo, incorporating the grisly details of...
    Post by: TIF, Oct 13, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1893 Columbian Exposition medal, Eglit-140.

    Love it! [IMG]
    Post by: TIF, Oct 13, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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    1893 Columbian Exposition medal, Eglit-140.

    And an 1893 commemorative half dollar collected by my grandfather. [ATTACH]
    Post by: TIF, Oct 13, 2013 in forum: US Coins Forum
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