Great progress, Sean! I love hearing about the ups and the downs of the project, and very cool about the clink you heard and coin you found!
No exergue on the reverse?
Even the dog listened ... Great photo!
Wondering if the weight may have changed while these circulated? I was thinking it was clipped, too. In seeing other 4 reales in catalogs and...
Here's a similar, but 1596: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2675476
Could it be 1592 perhaps? See SE-14 here: http://www.maravedis.net/felipe2_4_reales_sevilla.html Or similarly, see SE-12 through SE-18
S = Seville Mint, Assayer B = Juan Vicente Bravo (1592-1612). Not sure if it is Philip II or III (I can't tell if OMNIVM is in the legend with...
It appears that the coins that have that reverse legend have the date below in exergue rather than in field, as in ACH's example....
It is pretty cool... I'm wondering what caused the "side burn" indentation. I also had a similar bowl-cut hairdo when I was younger (my mom did it...
Really nice FTRs, Randy!! You're making me appreciate these more and more with every posting! (not that they were ever UNappreciated)
Very nice Spes, David! It looks great digitally, so I can only imagine how nice it is (and heavy) testing in your hand. I'm a big fan! Here's my...
Great coins, Ray! I really like the lower right one!
I've been trying to cut down on the purchasing of new coins and instead doing more research and "maintenance" (logging and labeling) of the coins...
The one above in your post would be found in a pick-bin at a coin show or your LCS with dozens of others like it. It would probably be labeled at...
Congrats! I bet you learned a lot during this one... I'm excited to see what you chose as your second coin.
[IMG] Nero, Ruled 54-68 AD AE As, Struck 65 AD, Rome mint Obverse: NERO CAESAR AVG GERM IMP, Laureate head of Nero right. Reverse: Victory...
I love these Athena/Minerva countermarks... Here are my two H245's. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[IMG] Philip II (as Caesar) under Philip I the Arab, Ruled 244-249 AD, AE As, Struck 244-246 AD, Rome mint Obverse: M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, Bust of...
[IMG] Divus Augustus, Ruled, 27 BC-14 AD AE As, Struck by Tiberius 34-37 AD, Rome Obverse: DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER: Head of Augustus, radiate, left....
[IMG] Augustus, Ruled 27 BC – 14 AD, AE As, Hispania, Julia Traducta Obverse: PERM CAES AVG, bare head left. Reverse: IVLIA TRAD, legend within...
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