Interesting. How do we tell coins were hammered rather than remelted? Do we have Sas. coins with recognizable Roman undertypes?
This is exactly the case! Some cultures used owls just because everyone knows that good money has owls on it. The fact that the style, weight etc....
I'd need to study a lot more periods before I could agree with even this and I certainly could come up with examples that did not fit. For...
Certainly weight standards were important but different cultures followed different rules. In some cases this is shown by each coin being exactly...
Sabaeans and Himyarites of Arabia might be a starting place but I don't know anyone particularly expert in these. The photo is not good enough to...
Perhaps an Eastern imitation of an Athenian owl? Perhaps it is ancient but that is not certain to me from the photo.
Three Roman elephants.
Four ancient/medieval Asian elephants
Who will ID H and I?
I agree with Gao. If you can get a named Vetranio for under $100, it doesn't have to be perfect. I paid $85 for this one in 1996 and was happy...
It is a matter of opinion. I like coin 2 because of the eye appeal despite being the more common, later version. It is nicer for its type than...
Thanks to all participating but especially to tcore who IDed the Ephesis, Ionia, bronze which I consider worth $20 in that grade and the Caligula...
Not Fantasy Football but Fantasy Ancient coins - Play or ignore as you choose: The photo shows the contents of a junk box at your local coin...
I love being picky. The interesting part to me is that my 'picky' choice is completely boring to most. I'll be interested to see if mat's...
The concept of what an ancient coin was worth 'back then' is often asked and rarely answered to the satisfaction of the one who asked. I have...
Unkind thought: If the reportage on all news stories is as accurate as that we see regarding numismatic items, we might be better educated making...
http://www.acsearch.info/search.html?search=similar%3A32338&view_mode=1#0 Those interested in that type coin might find the above link helpful...
Yes and he will leave the coin store convinced that coin collectors, used car salesmen and politicians are all cut from the same cloth. Think how...
I don't pretend to understand any of this but least of all do I understand a post suggesting a grade of MS with wear. Letting that go, the...
One of the neat features of collecting ancient coins is the great variety of things available to collect. One of the less neat features is that...
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