I am not convinced its fake. The posted link is about useless, the only point of comparison being that both coins have Zeus on their obverse....
Blueindian - Sorry. I probably should have let it go, it really is a legitimate topic. But I have considered it before, plenty of times. It comes...
I for one am absolutely fed up with this garbage. There is NOTHING inherently evil about small pieces of zinc and silver. They represent a...
Radiate heads and portraits were seen on Republican denarii and first and second century bronze. Crown type is NOT a good indicator of date.
About half of the coins in his hand are early Imperial issues, Augustus or Tiberius. The others I can't quite make out, but are probably...
The American Journal of Numismatics is their primary publication.
The AJN is certainly the most respected scholarly numismatic publication in this country. In Europe, there are a few more, such as Numismatic...
Collectors of modern or American coins may enjoy using NGC as a crutch, but most ancient or medieval collectors do NOT. This piece of advice is...
Much better! Definitely Indo-Parthian, probably Gondophares. Cf: http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=155153
Really need a better picture of the obverse. Try a scan, if you think it will help. The reverse is Nike. I think its Indo-Parthian.
Probably about $60
Wildwinds is far from complete with these coins, missing even common ones. Use the spreadsheets here:...
Open a new topic. And have some confidence, not everything is fake. :kewl:
Its a whole different ball game. Take the banker's mark on the cheek for example. Some would consider that detracting. I absolutely love it. Its a...
These are intentional, as minted. These coins are known as denarii serrati, literally, serrated denarii. Its believed that this was done by...
It is a coin of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. For further attribution, we'll need slightly better pictures, diameter in millimeters, and weight...
Unfortunately, its a modern cast fake.
I'm sure with enough creative programming, it can be done. It wouldn't be simple, though. The machine would have to accurately measure the wear,...
You say that it could take an engraver a month to produce a set of dies. Can you provide a citation for that?
But it doesn't need to think. It only needs to be programmed to measure a particular amount of surface wear and assign it a number, 1-70. Of...
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