Its a 1/10th balboa from Panama. Pretty much equivalent to a dime.
There were a bunch of coins that I'd scanned/typed up, but never got around to uploading to my gallery or posting here. So I went through them all...
[IMG] Gloria Exercitvs - The Glory of the Army
Well, its much nicer than I thought it was last night! Originally, I thought it was just another poorly struck Heraclius follis. But the portrait...
Assuming it is genuine, which is difficult to tell from these pictures, it should be worth between $200 and $300, probably on the lower side.
Unfortunately, these are fake. Note the soapy, cast appearance of the surfaces.
Not beautiful women, but on the subject of erotic coins http://www.cointalk.com/forum/t44994/
I was going to quote that myself! It will be added to my list of quotes.
Oh no! I thought voted before I read the whole thing, thinking you meant the general design of the series. I actually like your coin, it has...
I think most, if not all of those problems can be attributed to the necessarily low relief of modern circulating coins.
You don't see her body, but I feel this is the prettiest face on any coin. [IMG]
That's some pretty good MS-Paint work! :D
Microsoft Paint, cut and paste. Its remarkably simple. :D [IMG]
I agree, Valentinian. The reverse is of the SECVRITAS REI PVBLICA type, showing a winged Victory walking r. The mintmark would be below the...
Excellent. :D
The workers who actually struck the coins were likely slaves, the die-engravers could be either slaves or freedmen, although anyone could, in...
D'oh! I didn't even realize that's what you meant! Sorry! :hug: He probably just wasn't paying attention. Imagine being a mint slave, hammering...
You're right. But that doesn't change the fact that the vast majority were struck more than once.
Exactly. Either that or the second strike was strong enough to obliterate the traces of the first on the reverse. Most ancient coins were struck...
I replied to your post before you even wrote here. :D
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