At 0.74g, mine seems an obol. I still don't know what the people who first spent the coin called it. The terms we use fit the Athenian standard...
Here: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=662330 again: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=662331 and again:...
Researching the coins on acsearch pointed out a recurring problem. Dealers often have no idea what they are saying on the denominations. The...
Note that CNG estimated their coin at $100 plus fees. Their coin is much nicer than mine. Even with that scratch on theirs, I would pay $100...
Early 5th century as I understand it. Some question their being coins but I say the denomination dots suggests they are.
My two latest coins of Alexandria have a few things in common with most later Alexandrian tetradrachms but both have portrait styles that I found...
My coin show Friday turned up two Republican denarii that really appealed to me. One I bought; the other was left for someone else. I left a...
I have never heard of anyone paying extra because an ancient coin did not comply with the ordinary orientation. Many issues were random. Some...
Akragas cast tooth trias (three sided eagle/crab/four dots). Will trade for ancient/medieval/early modern coins that are 'strange' in some way....
[ATTACH] My wife said the color was wrong on that first shot and that the coin itself looks like glare so the photo should, too. The above is a...
The majority of Athenian old style coins hemidrachm and larger tend to be 3H or 9H (plus or minus an hour) orientation. Obols are less regular in...
After the coin show today: The reading glasses were the best answer I've found so far since they retained the 3D view with both eyes. There is a...
Having several of the base metal versions, I have long wanted one of these cup shaped coins in gold. Actually this is Electrum and I am not...
Ask Steve. He has several.
I just got home from my day at the coin show which means you get bored by the coins that followed me home. Today I brought home fewer than usual...
As a big fan of coin shows (I am going to one today) I am amazed at how little attention the dealers and show organizers pay to lighting and...
Did I misspeak? Most I have seen seem to be the Clementia and Virtus types from Eastern mints. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
IMHO, Zumbly's coin is exceptional for Carinus whose coinage in general never has appealed to me. The majority of his coins show two figures...
Nicole on Lund? I have trouble reading these.
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