This coin is nowhere near that beautiful Aes Grave, an absolutely behemoth coin! Ptolemy IV Philopator, 222-205 BC AE Drachm Alexandria Mint...
That's a beauty!
Sicily, Kamarina, 425-405 BC Tetradrachm [ATTACH] Next: A recent auction win or purchase.
Here's a match between a quintessential song of summer and an owl. First the owl: This is a pharaonic owl of the late 5th to mid-4th centuries...
I guess this is the second oldest. Given the date range for this type if might be the oldest. Thrace, Abdrea, 520-492 BC Oktadrachm, period II...
I just use standard weight paper, using a template that I set up in word. The template has room for 20 text boxes, or 20 labels, for 2"x2" flips....
Nice coins! Here's a sestertius of Philip I with four standards on the reverse. RIC 171a; Cohen 51 17.43 grams [ATTACH]
This archaic owl is probably the oldest coin in the collection, and clearly eligible for social security. This coin is my Seltman Group H owl,...
Let's try another subject. [ATTACH] Next: A coin showing a chariot or biga being pulled by anything but horses.
Here's my Charles and Joanna 4 reales, KM 0018, L-Mo. This coin was struck on a narrow, irregular flan, but it is not salvaged, as far as I can...
That's a beautiful coin and well preserved at full weight! Congrats!
There's one good general guide of hammer struck Spanish colonial coins. It is The Practical book of Cobs, by Daniel and Frank Sedwick. This book...
A retired geologist picked up some shards at an archeological site in Iraq. Here's the story:...
To me fine style means that a portrait or other subject on a coin is rendered in a realistic, expressive (for me) manner that reflects the...
Trajan, 103-111 AD Tetradrachm Phoenicia, Tyre Obverse: Laurate bust right, eagle below right, club left. Reverse: Tyche seated facing right,...
I stand corrected. Thanks.
Here's a BI tetradrachm of Gordian III toting a sword and shield, which I guess makes this a heroic portrait, unless he is just going out to do...
Gallienus, 253-268 AD Tetradrachm Alexandria Sol reverse 10.22 grams [ATTACH] Next: A Greek or Phoenician coin with an Egyptian theme or...
Wonderful examples! Curtisimo, the toning and strike for your coin is exceptional!
Nice!
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