The rationale for me was the BMC footnote combined with what I perceived as the coin looking "off". But if it's a misreading then that's...
Interesting. Maybe Doug was misreading something. I still think it looks off (but I don't collect these or handle them much).
Here is doug's quote, which I was referencing:
Doug and Mat and the BMC- totally fake type according to BMC. See Doug's original post in the other thread.
I think that is just putty, possibly even from making the cast.
The type itself is fake, according to BMC (via Doug). I thought the obverse style looked off on first glance and the BMC note confirms it. It...
I remember suggesting one like this to you a while back, and in the back of my head I was thinking *I hope TIF doesn't bid*
As soon as I'm not juggling these two, lol: [ATTACH]
Your post prompted me to check an earlier bid, which was successful: [ATTACH] Probably the finest known. Certainly a huge improvement over my...
I think the top one was treated for bronze disease and then affected areas repatinated with Jax or something similar. If that's all natural I'd...
Eros, to help you find another babe: Antiochos VII, Sidetes AE 18, Syria, Antiochos VII, struck 138/7 B.C. Obv: Winged bust of Eros facing right....
Great coin!
There are some fairly convincing accidental MFBs, like these: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I have loads more. There were times when I researched...
I hope it is. Can you get a better picture of it?
Have you seen this in hand yet?
That's a beautiful example. I hope you find time to take a better pic. Rarely is the obverse (guy on horse) that clear! Here is my much worse...
[ATTACH] This is a really rare type featuring a tuny at the base of Apollo's neck: Miletopolis, Mysia, Civic coinage, 4th century BC. AE11....
Show the coin, Ed!
It won't be for a few years. The catalog is almost done, but the narratives for each mint haven't been started (or any reassessment of dates),...
I just checked the catalog. The alphabetical ordering starts just after this phase (Taliercio III / MSP I, 318-388), but that gets abandoned for...
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