How tiny is tiny? What is the diameter of your example in mm? I have a very tiny wolf and twins: [ATTACH] Helena (imitative) AE 8mm 0.50g Obv:...
I wish this coin was pleasing. I saw it online and passed on it. Then I saw it at the Whitman coin show in April. It looks even worse in hand...
ISEGRIM found one in Copenhagen, and one in "SLG WALCHER" (CATALOGUE DE LA COLLECTION DES MEDAILLES GRECQUES DE M. LE CHEVALIER LEOPOLD WALCHER DE...
The Tabae is very interesting. It needs to be in the collection of a specialist who will treasure it, rather than in the tray of a...
I suspect the reverse shows a goat's head but you'll need to turn it 90 degrees to check. If so, look for a coin from a city in Aeolis. Apollo...
Congratulations on getting these ancient coins for Christmas! I did not get any. (I did get a silver US mint Liberty medal). I saw you post a...
Stevex6's is listed for less than it sold for in CNG e-auction 329, June 2014, lot 45. In my opinion it is the second best Ibiza Bes in CNG's...
Copper and bronze coin blanks were often cast and they will have seams even if later struck. Silver blanks were probably not cast. I saw a...
I agree that a nice English language work on these coins and their countermarks would be helpful. I am not sure enough is known to write one at...
The c/m on the Khusru II is a Göbl 11A, Simurgh left, applied after After 686 CE in Tokharestan-Kabul area according to...
I wish to give a direct link to Zeno's "Countermarks on Iranian and Central Asian coins of the 4th to 8th century CE" category because many people...
You should avoid any silver coin that looks like it has a visible seam on the rim. Such a seam often indicates that it was cast in a mold rather...
The ANS web site now provides an interactive map alongside the coins. For example, http://numismatics.org/collection/1944.100.50418?lang=en It...
This is my first thread on CoinTalk. Here are ten interesting 2017 acquisitions, broken down by price range. Many of the pictures are dealer...
My earliest Samarian coin comes from the middle period. [ATTACH] SAMARIA, “Middle Levantine” Series. Bedyehibel (or Beruhibel, or Yehibel)....
Ancient coins are legal to own (provided the guy who sold them to you owned them.) You don't need any documentation. There have been a few cases...
These are import restrictions. Nothing has changed for coins in the US before December 2017. The United States currently has similar...
Everyone should read Peter Tompa's blog post from December 5th:...
I suspect the one on the left is of Tarsos, like this one: https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=260376
The book is Howgego's Greek Imperial Countermarks. Page 106 talks about the head countermark on coins of Caesaria: (first he cites a bunch of...
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