I couldn't have said it any better. Counterstamps sure can take you down many untrodden paths ... Great c/ms Steve!
Oh wow, that is really something that a Flavian coin was still in circulation over 400 years later! Forgive my ignorance, do you know how the c/m...
I hope it doesn't tell, but I spent more time on researching this piece than most others. Sheepishly, I'll admit countermarks were not something I...
Thanks Bing. It's humbly coming along.
Yea, I got luck there. Also, I'm thankful the mint workers stamping the countermark did not obliterate the portrait!
Every once in a while a coin comes along that is something quite special. I believe this is one of those coins. [ATTACH] Vespasian...
Wow. That gives a good idea of the epic scale some of these ancient battles were fought on. Hats off to the Playmobil collector who put it together!
Ah, thank you for reposting it. A very lovely piece that needs to be seen!
I don't see anything, just a link that says 'view attachment' which takes me to an error page.
For novices, I think Syrian tets are the toughest to tell apart just by portrait. Denarii are easy by comparison!
Thanks Randy. These Rome mint drachms are tough to come by, so I was really thrilled to get it!
The Numisnati. ;)
The first coin I posted is another photo of your tooled specimen. The second photo is a different coin, same obverse die, showing the original...
Both the portrait and legend identify this coin as Titus Caesar. 'YIOC' basically can be translated as 'son of', so it is a title of princes....
I think one thing we can all agree on is the stupidity of such bills, regardless of the hidden motives.
'Political Correctness' is often associated with progressives/liberals, but yet many MOU bills are introduced by conservative senators. I think...
Oh yes. It would easily have been 3 or 4 times the amount I paid if properly attributed ... maybe more in a high profile auction.
The Rome mint under Vespasian started the practice of striking provincial coinage for Cappadocia. The first issue was a small series of drachms...
It's nice to know when the coin was relisted the tooling was noted. An honest seller who was just as surprised as I was upon the discovery the...
I agree that Vespasian's Epehsian denarii are quite exceptional, however, the above coin is tooled. I know this because it was briefly mine....
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