It is a common fake poorly copying the popular type of Athens from the 5th and 4th centuries BC. The style is nowhere close to original.
Opus, Lokris Opuntia 369-338 BC, AR 1/4 stater - Persephone / Ajax the Lesser [ATTACH] Next: another coin showing the rear part of a shield
I was hoping AJ would show this one (among my top level favorites). Not knowing the identity of Phanes leave open questions we just can't answer....
When it comes to rating rarity of denarii, many of us value the count of examples reported in Mouchmov's report on the massive Reka Devnia hoard...
My favorite left Hadrian is this Romulus ROMVLO CONDITORI: [ATTACH] In my Severan specialty, left busts are all rare. This one with Fortuna as...
When said code I had no idea it would be interpreted as a meaning of elements question. These are three coins from the Rome mint Probus...
Crispus [ATTACH] Next: an ancient coin with a code or hidden meaning
I agree with this but do believe that ancient unofficial coins still need to be labeled as such and sold only to people who understand their status.
This is a very common 136 BC Roman Republican denarius with the moneyer's name split between the reverse (where the nomen is shown as a ligate...
I believe the word would be better translated as "Example" or "This coin".
I have no idea but a quick look on acsearch specifying Nicomedia turned it up on silver coins. AE? The style strikes me as well done so I have...
uncertain Lycian Dynast, Stater - two clear monograms but ??? Khinakha? https://www.ma-shops.com/henzen/item.php?id=43250 [ATTACH] Next: a coin...
I suspect this low grade coin was not read by the seller but the description was cut and pasted from others they had sold. A big seller would...
Are any of the marks on these related to denomination or is 6 1/2 baht just the weight?
The link Spaniard gave is the best I have and overall a great site for Eastern coins. My favorite one of this series is by Sulayman ibn Musa who...
The croc coins are very irregular when it comes to die axis rotation. This is most easily seen when we look at the coins cut in half to make...
A few years ago, I was at a Baltimore show and saw two of these London mint coins in the stock of the same dealer. The two had equal surfaces and...
Don't be too upset on this one. There are coins of Aurelius that use OVHPOC. I tend to think of them being earlier in the reign just after his...
Mine is a fourree ex Charles Wolfe 30 years ago. I had to convince him I knew what a fourree was before he would sell it. This was one of my...
Both silver and bronze come in the text and club version and the one with the other tools of Hercules. I only have one of each. What I would...
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