I couldn't agree more...and I LOVE the 'family portrait'!! Wonderful examples!! My more modest Tets: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
No new fourree's here, but I did add that odd-looking 'faked' denarius of Octavian recently......Hmm, I think that makes three for me (all...
WOW!!! Wonderful posts everyone!!! TIF's and Martin's and JB's examples are some of the best I've seen to date--UNBELIEVABLE!! My bronze of...
WOW !!! I never truly noticed all the variations in all those hand gestures before LOL Wonderful posts!!! This sestertius seems to have a more...
Yep!!!:hungry::) That's a beauty !!!
LOL @Alegandron That's what I'm ALWAYS saying about you and all the gang here on CT;) Dang, Now I NEED a lifetime TET of Alexander III too:eek:
This large silver tetradrachm of Philip, father of Alexander the Great and a great King in his own right, was exceedingly difficult for me to...
WOW.....I'm a bit speechless (and now know two more German words) but at least they were honest about it all .....but I'd avoid them as well.
I LOVE everything about it...The style mesmerizes me....Hmm, or is that gold fever talking:D
Fantastic examples @Volodya !!!!
Terrific 'Al' !!! I love the first living Roman on a coin context, not to mention the allusion to the love/hate relationship the 'Scipio's had...
Obviously , I do not have any 'native Iberian silvers' either----the closest I have is an RR type depicting Hispania and I'm sure others have...
Wonderful and interesting posts guys!! It's interesting that the mix of styles and influences seen on all the types posted from ancient Spain can...
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WOW Steve, I love them!!!:) ...and you seem to have nearly all parts of a horse: full view, head, hoof, fore-front and lastly the end of a...
I think they were either VERY lazy, unimaginative or had the same 'family' of engravers galloping around the countryside LOL
Wonderful posts everyone!! My Larissa Drachm purchased at auction as presented on Forum: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That's a WONDERFUL example!!! I've lost a few I bid for simply because they went far higher than estimate and way beyond my budget.. Hope to snag...
Cool artefact, Erin, But all I know about them is that they have that distinctive 'wedge-shaped' script and are from Mesopotamia. Hope they are real.
Terrific examples 'JB' !! Frankly, I had to revisit a map(s) to recall the territory of 'Thessaly' [ATTACH] So I guess Larissa is part?? I...
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