Thanks for the great write up. I'll have to go back and reread McAlee. But is it fair to make all these assertions about delta epsilon and to...
Recently I purchased a little scruffy looking coin that I thought was Men but I couldn't find it anywhere. So I decided to look at the reverse and...
OK I have 152 views and no responses...so let's pull this back to the top of the heap and maybe ask my questions differently... This is a very...
I recently picked up a rather rare Civic Issue from Antioch. Looking at the coin, one might assume that this is a McAlee 130 var. and that is what...
Hey, that neck sure is out of proportion. It's as long as the entire head. But hey have critique such an envious set of portraits!
https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=35503 This is from original post. But the dies are used on smaller denomination. The reverse is a die match....
So it appears that my obverse is #65 but my reverse doesn't match any of the pairs in the book. There is also a note in the book that dies were...
Thank you!
Can you provide any attribution for this coin? Yes, from the articles and books I have read Mau is supposed to be the predicessors of Men. But...
I had to pass on that auction. The wife saw the last 3 auction bills on the bank account! So, I had to take a hiatus from the auction scene....
Well, there you go. This is an interesting transitional issue. The only iconography associated with Men would be the crescent and star. Both are...
I have been researching Mên for a while now. This does not appear to be Mên. Normally he is accompanied by a cock or pinecone. And most coins (not...
Nope that sounds about right. I'd just add that there are also a lot of fakes out there too.
Stay away from Provencial coins...nothing to see here...move on..say, look over there. Byzantine coins. You'll like those!
And to boot, the McAlee supplementals are free, in pdf format, and can zoom to show a lot of detail!
I what year?
The "antennae" are a tendril. I had to go back to an old thread on Forum that I had with Pat Lawerance, retired Art Historian, and a great...
I'm having a debate with a fellow local collector about this type. There are two primary types. Iris is either in the crouch or more of a full...
Does anyone have access to Greek Numismatics and Archaeology. Essays in Honor of Margaret Thompson? This contains Troxells, essay Winged Carians....
When I first started my ancient coin collection my first few attempts were to buy these cool-looking coins with a female winged figure with...
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