I consider the 'alps' a large M and the coin from the period when the FH coins had an M in the field. I have heard the theory that the M...
Instead of a star, some have called the Alexander Jannaeus device a wheel and pointed out that there are Hebrew letters between the spokes....
Darius I c.510-486 BC Type II [ATTACH] "Type I" of any coin, not just this one, that numismatists have "typed". That's too hard. How about any...
Hecate from Stratonicaea AE34 by Caracalla (formerly with Geta): [ATTACH]
While not terribly rare, Thessalonika has a variation with just one captive that should be included in a FTR type set. [ATTACH] It has been a...
I have had this Lugdunum galley for a while but really would like to upgrade the coin condition with an example with the same galley style but...
That is far nicer than many that are sold. The last of the FH coins were really small and trashy with part legends more the rule.
There is nothing suggesting it is fourree. Sear's reservations on the style and the lack of a die link are serious problems but his feeling that...
This Hadrian denarius is star and crescent. The dot is a centration remnant and not design. [ATTACH] What means 4 stars? Septimius from...
I wonder how many different lion coins there are. I know there are several hundred but question saying a thousand. Of course a lot depends on...
Lately there have been a lot of the Gordian III coins like yours on the market. Hoard? I have been wanting one but required a clear and bold BNE...
Photo is too bad for me to have an opinion.
We return to the question as to whether something that does not exist in high grade even exists at all. When something is known in three examples...
Was there a bit of bronze disease in that first photo? Perhaps someone thought they were improving the coin but it could be that we have a...
Casts reproduce style so having fine style means nothing. Tooling tends to destroy style. On rare coins, you might find other examples from the...
The coin definitely does have a test cut on the neck. I see no way to say if it has been improved beyond cleaning just from the photo. Are you...
The trouble with tooling, smoothing and repatination is that a coin can have all three at once. Sure the medallions always seem to be smoothed...
I forgot to add my (H)Adrianopolis Gordian III/Apollo. [ATTACH]
This is Anchialus, Thrace. ΟΥΛΠΙΑΝΩΝA ΓΧΙΑΛΕΩΝ The Greek for the city reads Agchialus which did not pronounce as their rules of euphony required...
It is a decent, genuine example with a nice obverse portrait and slender reverse. Whoever won it did OK. I do not consider it appropriate to...
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