You're off to a great start!
Are you sure it is silver? I read ARXIDHMO_ in the center.
That is just my description that says Dionysius which I presumably copied from the related references. It could be either, but our coins...
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-40835 From Syria, Apamea, not Tyre. The countermark might be Phoenician.
Yes it is on overstrikes- a very important undertaking. Do you have Macdonald's book? It is outstanding and very inexpensive. He doesn't list...
Can I share/use this photo? de Callatay and Macdonald are assembling a corpus.
Maybe in a journal or maybe Potamikon III. The link just gives a little background on the initial discovery and the other variety.
Yours is an early variety but I am not sure if it is a man-faced bull (which were the earliest IMO). Im stockpiling images of these for a...
Probably my last coin of the year- a new variety from Tarsus featuring Herakles-Sandan above Acheloios as a winged MFB. I wrote a bit about these...
I would say promptly means the item is shipped within 2-3 business days of payment, unless the seller has disclosed that they are away. Auction...
Great find. Certainly a steal at $14!
Some nice examples of an interesting type!
Ah now I remember- the crab is a hat which I believe you modeled at one point! Interesting type.
Nice haul. Is the Brettian coin an overstrike?
Somehow my father found androcephalic mushrooms holding coins, which combines my love of coins, mushroom hunting, and mixanthropic art. [ATTACH]...
Still a few years out but making good progress :)
You had a great year. Obviously my favorite is the aes grave as!
That's a beautiful example of the type. Congratulations!
I was just reading up on the figure and the first mention I've found is from an early Medieval Zoroastrian text (Mkh. (LXII, 31-36)?, cited in, I...
Love the first coin. One day I'd like one. The Gopadshah tradition definitely stems from Acheloios. I list a few varieties here:...
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