[ATTACH] The cool part of this one is the owl has one head and two bodies. Mine has two whole owls but poor centering as often seen on these...
InArchaic Greek there were three acceptable ways to write. When writing left to right, letters would be made as we consider correct today. When...
Since this thread has stretched the definition of 'ancient' already, I'll add a couple modern horses of Peter I of Russia (AR kopeck) and Charles...
Livia was the mother of Tiberius and widow of Augustus when the OP coin was issued. Below she appears jugate on an AE19 of Ephesus with Augustus...
Aurelian was an emperor of considerable importance who issued many coins. Aureolus was a bit player in the struggle for power in the time of...
I see nothing to make me suspect anything other than a bit badly abused, genuine coin. There are many hundreds of thousands of these owl tets and...
The beginner question that keeps me from having a great interest in such coins is how are you to tell the status even a common coin that has been...
My parents divorced in 1953. I spent a lot of time by myself for the next few years and developed an interest in coin collecting. My mother...
Excellent!
When is not so Peroz no longer Peroz at all? [IMG]
I have it as 510-490 BC. Sear 1360 Later ones are a lot prettier. 411-350 BC [ATTACH]
I have always been amazed at the demand patterns for Republican coins. Even here on CT, we regularly see posts of denarii very much based on the...
The coin is most definitely not an official fourree of the Emergency period. The style is wrong. Fourree fakes by counterfeiters exist for all...
The question I have to ask is whether the ID of this coin to Constantine XI has any basis other than the provenance of the coin to that one hoard...
Taras stater [ATTACH] Syracuse 4dr [ATTACH] Thasos AR fraction 0.4g (hemiobol?) [ATTACH]
I agree fully. These coins are worth a lot more than the market price suggests. Enjoy it while it lasts. If all those people collecting things...
I was not aware of this but it makes sense. The difference between how a photo appears on a computer monitor and on a paper print can be...
Trajan SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI (many rulers used horsemen types but this imcludes the legend) [ATTACH] Septimius Severus [ATTACH] Lucius Verus...
Nero dupondius [ATTACH] Vespasian dupondius with radiate portrait [ATTACH] Trajan sestertius [ATTACH] Trajan semis [ATTACH]
To fund his war with Octavian, Mark Antony issued his legionary denarii. [ATTACH] To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the battle of Actium...
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