Yes, they are rare as hen's teeth and seldom show up in trade. I'm glad to see you got a very respectable example!
Pharos = lighthouse. RPC doesn't say 'the pharos', just as it doesn't say 'the sphinx', but as you say, we all know what it means.
Additionally, the monumental nature of the contemporaneous Alexandrian coinage is also strong evidence that what we are looking at on the op coin...
Oh, don't get me started! Lol
Yes, perhaps you are correct and the reverse actually depicts an Alexandrian sphinx instead of some obscure monolith on the Giza plateau. The...
Well, perhaps ancient coins aren't for you, rarely is there the certitude you seek.
I don't disagree with CNG's proposal that these are pulvinar types ... but for what occasion? N. T. Elkins has proposed they commemorate the...
I couldn't think of a better representation from the 1950s! So iconic.
Ask yourself this, even if it was genuine do you want to help fund a crook?
Personally, I think the pearl clutching panic over non archival paper is overblown. I don't recommend using it, but it's not going to destroy your...
A few genuine coins salted in a batch of forgeries. Avoid.
I was very pleased to have recently acquired a Domitian obol from Alexandria featuring the Great Sphinx on the reverse. It has been a dream coin...
Marc had listed it as an error.
... or some such fate may have met the poor engraver who made this die error under Domitian. [ATTACH] Domitian - Engraver's Error Æ As, 12.69g...
Barbarous or official? The RIC II.1 authors couldn't decide about this coin. RIC II p. 8 - 'a recent example seen in trade (Imperial Coins 2004)...
John Hurt as Caligula in I, Claudius was probably the worst. :angelic:
I just have this to say regarding that ... Domitian. lol
Well, I only collect Flavians so I suppose this Alexandrian regnal year one tetradrachm struck for Vespasian has to be one of his earliest coins....
Superb example! Most of these are seen quite worn.
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