[ATTACH] SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS AE27 OBVERSE: AV K L CEP CEVHPOC, laureate and cuirassed bust right REVERSE: OVLPIANWN AGXIALEWN, city gate,...
[ATTACH] HADRIAN Billon Tetradrachm OBVERSE: AΥT KAI TΡAIAN AΔΡIANOC CEB, laureate head left REVERSE: L EN-NEAKΔ (year 19), naked bust of Nilus...
I agree. Like I said, I wanted to keep the coin regardless of it's authenticity. If it had been genuine, I would have been ecstatic. But since...
I don't know these coins very well, but from what I do know, this looks like a good example.
I think that is a fine Arcadius my friend. Better than any I own. Congrats.
It was more like 6 weeks. But perhaps I would have been more inquisitive if someone said I sold them a fake or I would perhaps want the fake...
Not what I collect, but a nice coin nonetheless. Congrats.
Interesting link. I wish some of the mint records were still available. They might solve some of these mysteries.
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[ATTACH] PHOENICIA TYRE AE20 OBVERSE: Turreted head of Tyche to right, palm branch behind REVERSE: Galley to left, prow terminating in volute,...
Touche'.
The corrosion may be "bad", but I most definitely have seen worse. And I've never seen the chi-rho on a FH type. Very interesting.
HA! Somebody else's turn. HaHaHa. Opps, I got carried away. Move on. Nothing here to see.
I have to admit I'm in the company of Mikey and Chris. I've not seen nor heard of the coiled serpent mintmark
You may be absolutely correct, but I've not seen anything to verify it. I've always wondered how they cut the dies. Some believe they used only...
[ATTACH] AMISOS, PONTOS AE 20 OBVERSE: Head of youthful Dionysos right, wreathed with ivy REVERSE: Thyrsos leaning against cista mystica...
[ATTACH] ALEXANDER III AR Drachm OBVERSE: Head of Herakles right in lionskin headdress REVERSE: ALEXANDROU, Zeus Aetophoros seated left,...
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