Met some great CTers at the FUN show the last couple days. Always nice to talk in person with folks on this site. Bought this one at the show...
Try this:...
Not only in gold but in bronze. The only one that maybe, could be, there's a possibility is the monogram. Here's mine (sorry, old photo): [ATTACH]...
And the winner is .................... [ATTACH] Congratulations! I will send you a PM to get your mailing address. Hope you like the coin and...
Entries are loaded in the box: [ATTACH]
21 entries so far and 20 minutes to go. I will pick the winner of the coin at 8.
@Ocatarinetabellatchitchix : I kind of surmised that when I saw your original post. No problem.
You're in Doug.
You're in. Anyone who is interested in the coin just needs to respond and let me know.
@furryfrog02 : 2nd year of collecting ... you certainly qualify
I haven't seen an ancient coin give-away for a while so I thought I'd start the new year with one. Remember ... this is for new collectors only....
I've wanted to go but the NY show and the Orlando FUN show, where I live, have almost always been on the same weekend ... until this year. Not...
This interesting coin showed up in my mail yesterday. Metapontion AR Stater ca. 510-480 BC : 21mm, 8.1gms Obv: Ear of Corn, grasshopper to left...
Here's a Val I AR Miliarense, the only one of these types I own. These are the largest silver late Roman types, with this one being 23mm. [ATTACH]
It will be easier to judge the coin if you post the actual size and weight.
Try this: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1410347
@shanxi : Thanks for the info. That seems to be the smaller 2.1gm version of the coin, this one is 8.1gms. I do need to figure out how to navigate...
I just checked out the BnF site and it is unfortunately quite difficult to navigate, although maybe with a little more time I can figure it out....
@TIF: Yep. That's what great about this site. I searched for dolphin style coins on acsearch and other sites but never could find this type....
@Ed Snible : That's exactly what this is. Here's an example I found online (although this one is much smaller at 2.3 grams)....
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