There have been several complex answers here but the question was how to tell the difference. Am I not correct that the issues for 'other' places...
No truer words! Whatever we do in ancient numismatics we need to be careful not to look for answers 'how the ancients did it'. Defining...
http://www.southasiacoins.org/ It's not a controversy since no one there seems to disagree that Krause blew it.
I have seen quite a bit of bad feelings on the South Asian Yahoolist stemming from the release of Krause Publications digital catalogs calling the...
The obverse legend and portrait style are not correct for a genuine official coin of Gordian III. I strongly suspect it is modern but, if...
I forgot one: The 1968 Numismatic Chronicle has a good size article and three plates on "The Shahis of Kabul and Gandhara" by David Macdowall...
The best is John Deyell Living Without Silver which has a lot more discussion of the coins and how they relate to their times in addition to the...
Eyestrain's coin is a nice example of the later outline form of the Samamta Deva coins and shows a lot of stylized drawing of the types which...
That is a Tye 6 and not as worn as the one I have. A problem with a coin that is issued on similar weight standards for so long is that they stay...
Two: A silver denarius of Marcus Aurelius shows Mercury with wings on caduceus, hat and ankles. This coin is associated with the 'Miracle of the...
I recently became interested in bull/horseman coins issued by the Shahi kings in Central Asia toward the end of the first millenium AD. They sell...
All EID MAR coins are controversial to a degree. Some otherwise reasonable people believe there never was such a coin but all of them were fakes...
In all seriousness, if you sincerely believe that this coin is genuine there are two courses of action that make sense. 1. Depending on where you...
http://dougsmith.ancients.info/pit.html Centration marks http://dougsmith.ancients.info/phil2mar.html more http://dougsmith.ancients.info/ All my...
http://www.britishmuseum.org/system_pages/holding_area/research/rrc/preface.aspx The British Museum has placed online a nice reference for those...
We really have no idea what the minor types meant on many coins. There are situations where the code is understood but because the type meant...
First of all I tend to agree as a first impression with this being a modern fake because it is too good to be true but I have been unable to match...
I have to admit that the scratches look like modern grafitti but it is noteworthy that they are similar to something really significant. Roman...
I have heard nothing regarding ERIC 3. I was a bit shocked at the release of 1 in softcopy and wonder if he is aware of the backlash.
Yes. If we did not have opinions on what factors were more disturbing and what could be ignored... If we were willing to accept whatever some...
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