Thanks! This coin was minted near the beginning of the War of the Austrian Succession, which ran from 1740-1748. It was a tough start of her...
Nice coin! I think there is a definite triumphal theme to the coin; the Romans and others used coinage to convey messages or themes that suited...
Here's one more coin for 1741, arrived yesterday. Hungary and Bohemia, Maria Theresa, thaler, 1741 KB (Kremnica). KM 328 28.81 grams [ATTACH]
Russia, Ivan III, ruble, 1741 CNB, St. Petersburg. KM-207.2; Dav-1676. [ATTACH] Russia, Elizabeth Petrovna Romanova, ruble,1741, St....
Here're more bulls.... Lucania, Thurium, tetradrachm (double nomos), 443-400 BC. 15.47 grams [ATTACH] Julian II, "The Apostate", double...
That's a very interesting example. I do see on the reverse what I think is the ending of the obverse legend of the overstruck coin: PPAV, and the...
Yes, some of the debased silver later Roman coins can acquire very colorful patinas due to their very high copper content. Cornelia Salonina, BI...
Oxidation happens to all metals, with the exception of gold. Yes, there are chemicals that remove oxidation, but the fact is that copper, the...
I see what you're referring to regarding the coin's reverse. It is not unusual, based on my experience, for one side of a coin to have color...
I can't really tell based on the posted photo. I coped the photo into Photo Shop to get a larger image of it and I still don't see any signs of...
Here's the chopmarked, test cut, clipped special. Mexico, Philip V, 8 reales, 1744 MF. KM 103 26.4 grams [ATTACH] And a Lima 8 reales cob,...
That's a very attractive sestertius, with a nice strike and central detail. If there is smoothing, it is very subtle. I don't see any overt...
Here's an update: This is an issue of Dimashq (Damascus), c. 670s-690. The symbol under the M is a star that is partly obscured by a die chip....
I purchased this small late 7th century AD imitation of the standing follis of Constans II a couple of months ago, and just got around to...
Here's a contribution for 1745: Ragusa, tallero, 1745. Purchased from Karl Stephens in June 1997. KM 17; Davenport 1637. 28.4 grams [ATTACH]
Here are two contributions, one for 1747 and another for 1746. An 8 escudos, 1447, Lima mint. Assayer V (Jose de Vargas y Flor). [ATTACH] A...
Thanks. I was considering a die shift as a possibility, but due to the differences between the two portraits I didn't think that it was in fact a...
That's a really nice example, one of the nicest that I've seen in while. Congrats (both for the purchase and the coin's removal from the slab)
This coin is a very recent acquisition, and since it has a reverse rooted the central design used on the Athenian new style tetradrachms, it was a...
Nice examples! Nabataea, Aretas IV, and Shuqailat I, Æ 17, Petra, yrs 26-48. [ATTACH] Nabataean, Aretas IV, (9 BC-AD 40). Two AR selas,...
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