Sorry to be in so late but I agree I don't like the coin but am not as certain it is fake or just abused. Either way, I'd rather not own it.
That has been my problem, too. When a series has a period of poor workmanship, we tend to skip over it until we recognize that we need to cut...
Fourree 10/12 part two: [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] It has been a long time since I have added to this group so I doubt I will ever...
Fourree 10/12 part one: [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] Missing Caligula and Galba
I believe it is a matter of supply. If I go to a large coin show looking for a 1909sVDB Lincoln cent, I will have many to choose from. Even eBay...
Toward the end of the Shahi period (perhaps late 13th century) the dies were about twice the diameter of the flans so you can get very different...
Steve, how could you! Note the detail on the face, knife, clothing, crown and quivver. The bow could be better but this was a nice coin.
As you bid consider looking for coins with full flans and centering that allows the important parts to be on flan. My drawing bow coin is as well...
Did you notice how nice your Rhino is compared to most of its denomination? From what I see, Alexandria took great care making even flans for...
When a coin is worn but still has a clear portrait and the name as readable as this, it is special.
There are 4 poses of these. The first (I don't have) is rare and shows the king only from the waist up. Second shows him drawing the bow. Third...
Finding a specimen of the Sihara with horseman and both falling enemies is no easy task. [ATTACH][ATTACH] Neither of mine qualify.
This is a nice coin compared to most of the size from Alexandria. I had some questions about the denomination system and was not all that...
The reason some of us hang around these online venues is that it helps to see our hobby from slightly different perspectives. Here, you might say...
I always enjoy describing my collecting interests as 'Coins I like at prices I can afford.' Your collecting direction strikes me as even more...
http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=56579 Close enough.
Does the toll structure survive as a text or do we have any idea how much they charged to travel the road? Did the payment include any services...
There was a time when Parthians could be bought for less than Romans and I tried to get a sampling of common ones. That changed a lot when Fred...
The photo looks like bronze but the type should be silver. That is a bad sign. There appears to be a network of curvy lines on the surface that...
We each have things that make us like coins and things that turn us off. I know I have tooled coins (wish I knew which ones they are) but I'm not...
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