I've seen only two denominations (whole and quarter or one and four depending on whose theory you like). The rays, as I recall, are thought to...
If genuine and an 8 aurei, perhaps $20-50k; if not, melt. That, of course, assumes it is gold. Not all fakes are.
http://www.cointalk.com/threads/uk-telling-cartwheel-1d-from-2d.243288/ Rather than hiding it here, I started a separate thread.
In another thread the question came up on how to tell a 1797 cartwheel denomination from a photo that does not provide size references. The 2d...
My largest is this Ptolemy II AE46 90.1g. It is large for a struck coin but the early Roman cast Aes Grave were larger. [ATTACH]
It is a nice 1d despite the scratch. I'd like to see the $280 Max. I did not see one on eBay recently.
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Roman coins offer quite a wide selection of reverse types. Some rulers used just a few; some used many. I really like it when a reverse type...
It follows that the more non-gold metal in an aureus, the more likely it would be to tone but I do not recall Vespasian's aurei being described as...
Later in the same year after Titus took IMP XV, the TRP VIIII was changed to TRP IX. Unfortunately mine is weak on that side but still there....
My Tiberius is only partly red - mostly on the reverse. [ATTACH]
We all will differ on what we consider best for any period. I like coins that served commerce. When I was a kid, the common coin we saw was the...
The reason coins are expensive is that there are more people seeking to buy them than there are coins being offered for sale. The reason...
Is the last coin in the first photo a die match for the rough one in the last photo? I consider this last coin a serious candidate for adding...
If I were wealthy Canadian and wanted a 'foreign' coin of that century, I'd get a US coin of the Revolutionary period like a Fugio cent,...
http://ansmagazine.com/Spring06/Sidon The above review of Elayi discusses the reviewer's disagreement with the Elayi opinion on the ID of the...
The answer to your question would be found in https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Elayi%20and%20Elayi%20Sidon I have noted...
While not the typical coin of the century, I agree that the cartwheels are cool coins. I have two far less than high grade ones. The metal is...
Mine came with the note that the letters between the man and lion were Phoenician sideways for 27. Most of these seem to have an have a O. Mine...
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