Interesting. So is the consensus that it is either horn silver or silver deposited from another source? I’m quite certain that at least some of it...
I'm curious what caused the strange appearance of the silver on the obverse of this coin. I assume it is some type of delimitation, but what could...
I think it is imitating this type, showing Libertas on the reverse: http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.4.ss.133 [IMG]
As for cleaning it, I think it would be advisable not to attempt further cleaning in the current condition. Too easy to lose what silvering...
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How about a mummy? [IMG] Tetradrachm of Hadrian Obverse: Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: Mummiform Ptah-Sokar-Osiris right,...
Lately I've been buying and flipping some lots to acquire select coins that I like, and came across a couple neat countermarks in one of them. I...
Thanks @Aleph, different hoard though I’m afraid. I’ll dig through the catalogs some more, as a search hadn’t turned anything up. If nothing else,...
School is back in full swing, and this semester (my last!) I’m taking an entire course on ancient As my research project, I am considering...
While it can't compete with that beautiful Etruscan appliqué, I'm quite happy with this steelyard weight in the shape of a bust of Mercury. I...
Wow, stellar coin @Marsman! I love this type, and very much love my own one and a half examples. The first came from @Gavin Richardson, and the...
I did a search for Alexandrian Nilus AEs of Hadrian and came up with a couple possibilities. I can't recommend the new RPC site enough...
Fixed that one :shame:
Doesn't look Alexandrian to me. And although the figure on the reverse has what looks like a modius on the head, there is no beard, as would be...
[ATTACH] AE As of Antoninus Pius Obverse: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III; Laureate head right Reverse: IMPERATOR II; sow right under tree,...
It's pretty humble, but this is my favorite Iberian coin: [ATTACH] Iberian Peninsula under Carthaginians Obverse: Head of Tanit left, crude...
[ATTACH] Up for sale is a denarius bearing the portraits of both Marc Antony and Octavian (Augustus Caesar), minted at Ephesus in early 41 BC,...
[ATTACH] I got this little Alexandrian dichalkon of Hadrian in the latest FSR auction. It was sold as a variant of RPC 6332, showing Elpis...
Awesome coin! I have a similar one, I think the same issue but I don't have time to check right now. I think yours has a bit more detail. Feels...
A handful of these have been showing up at auction lately. None are die matches, but I couldn't find where any had sold in the past. I discussed...
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