That was a great buy - as I recall, it was even nicer in-hand and finding the old provenance makes it even better. ATB, Aidan.
Well, this tetradrachm is from Ake-Ptolemais, Ake is the first half of my username :D [IMG]
I don't think there's anything special about the number XVI - each number is known from one die, though it's of course possible that some are much...
I have a Peter Nichols Crozier and about twenty five Abafil trays (I've an idea it may be 27 trays, but I'm not certain without counting), plus an...
Here are some Roman bronzes with somewhat recognisable Sicilian undertypes, like @SeptimusT's above: [IMG] [IMG] [IMG][IMG][IMG] [IMG] ATB, Aidan.
I think the title of the thread is inaccurate - the poster isn't describing attribution, but attaching the attribution information to the coin....
Here's an older and more decrepit Spes of Titus as Caesar under Vespasian. T CAESAR IMP COS V - Laureate head right S C - Spes advancing left,...
Good value for what seems to be a rare coin! ATB, Aidan.
Nice one - I see I got mine from Roma when they were on Vcoins, back in Dec. 2010 - http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/38672.php - for £31.50 (I...
Here are Salus and Valetudo on opposite sides of a denarius of Manlius Acilius Glabrio of 49BC (Cr. 442/1a). Obv. SALVTIS - Laureate head of...
Here are a few veiled Faustinas of mine: Bronze As DIVA AVGVSTA FAVSTINA - Veiled bust right AETERNITAS S C - Providentia standing left, holding...
Here's an Aphrodite head and the forepart of Pegasus. Silver Hemidrachm - Forepart of Pegasus flying right - Head of Aphrodite left, wearing...
We're probably breathing in more molecules from his funeral pyre with every breath :D ATB, Aidan.
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I'll be there - I'll look out for the buttons. It'll be my fourth visit to NYINC in the last five years - this year, I'll be on my own and it'll...
I'm not sure how prestigious Hirsch are - there's a FB thread from earlier this year where the coin above photographed by Hirsch is described as a...
Re. the George III coin - it's obviously not ancient, but is interesting - an overstruck Spanish 8 reales coins - the Bank Of England struck these...
A couple of Augustus heads... [IMG] [IMG] George III - of course he wasn't mad, he was a coin collector... [IMG] [IMG] I wonder who M.A. Iles...
No - in fact, in these cases, the second crescent and cornucopiae issues are scarcer, going by the number of dies estimated. They're very nice...
The answer to your question about "(first)" is that the symbols in question were used for more than one series of coins and these examples are...
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