Well, you wont find any V nickels there! The show is strictly ancient and world coins.
I'll be there in two hours. And there for everyday of the show.
Agreed. [IMG]
This is correct. If you want to look it up, check out: M. Mitchiner. Jetons, Medalets & Tokens. 3 vols. 1988-1998. I think these are in volume 1.
Yes, its a coin of Nigranian, CONSECRATIO reverse with an eagle. Better than the usual uncleaned find. Good catch.
The ban liang and the wu zhu look fine to me, as well as the two Qing cash at the top. Of course, the ones with the horse are only amulets,...
In a nutshell, all details in the die are the same. A quick way to check this is to look for any loose locks of hair, then check the relation of...
If standard colonial issues are still too expensive, I recommend something from the Spanish colonial series. These were widely produced in the New...
Its a fake of a Spanish real of Ferdinand and Isabella. http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=167435
I do not believe it is Crusader or Vandal. The reverse is a bit of a Rorschach test, but enough of the obverse is clear to make me certain its an...
I meant just plain Azes. Not all scholarship recognizes the existence of two rulers named Azes. We would need better pictures to be more sure, as...
Definitely Indo-Skythian, probably a drachm of Azes.
Very true. But I wouldn't say the traditional sources of studies are slowing up, rather they're focusing on different things. General catalogs are...
Probably because there hasn't been 50 years of investigation! The eastern mints from Septimius Severus to Gordian III are still woefully...
I recommend a passage from Alexander Pope's letter to Mr. Addision, Occasioned by his Dialogue on Medals: Ambition sigh'd: she found it vain to...
The first Gordian III tetradrachm is McAlee 860, laureate, cuirassed, and draped bust right, seen from behind; struck AD 238-240. The second is...
Note also that it is from the same dies as the coin illustrated in Strack. And I'm sure Curtis added that its not in BMCRE, but I double-checked...
Treveri (Trier) mint, 2nd emission, second phase, AD 262.
A good bit better than the usual old junk. :D Treveri (Trier) mint. 4th emission, 2nd phase, group 2. Struck AD 267. RIC V 330; Mairat 136.
Your tetradrachm is McAlee 942b, struck AD 248-249. He describes the bust type as laureate and cuirassed bust right, seen from front, wearing...
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