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I guess no one gave you the second one. It's a coin of Cassander of Macedon with the bust of Apollo obverse. Here's the coin:...
The top one is: Phoenicia: Ptolemais-Ake Ox: Conjoined heads of the Dioskouroi rt Rx: Cornucopia.
I am soooo jealous of you guys. I've been detecting around Florida since 1977 and have found over 20,000 coins, but nothing dated earlier than...
Thanks Mag Max. Nice to meet you.
I believe the first Antoninianus (or Ant as everyone calls it) started with Caracalla or around that time. In simple terms it just means that...
I've only seen one fake cast Tet and it was very obviously a copy. These look just fine to me.
I've seen a lot of nice early Roman silver pieces on this site lately but I think it's time for my favorite, little late Roman bronzes. This...
The coin certainly looks similar but the lettering around the horseman is not typical of this type. I just did a little research and all the...
JA: I hear leaves rustling in the breeze. Definitely a tougher coin.
When I first saw these coins in a small lot I bought a while back I thought they were odd Spanish mint types due to the one word, HISPANORVM, on...
One of the things that attracted me to the ancient coin community is that most of us are very passionate about the hobby and the history...
This sounds like an interesting show but I doubt it comes up to the intellectual level of shows like Pawn Stars or Storage Wars.
Absolutely. But unfortunately there's a whole lot of folks who are just starting out that don't have a clue as to how to research an ancient coin....
If I put a $20 coin on my ancients website and say $300 marked down to $125 but you can make me an offer I have a feeling you would not only never...
It's just that ancient coin newbies may very well offer him far more than the coin is worth thinking they are getting a good deal, then later when...
Mr. LowRating/HighPrice used to make appearances at shows now and then. Unfortunately there are some ancient dealers out there who are giving the...
Saw the silver type with the open rose. Here's the matching Ae example. [ATTACH]
I guess that pretty much nails it down. Probably contemporary, definitely unofficial. I really like that it's so small; makes it more interesting.
That's the proper size for an ae2 coin. I took another look and I'm almost positive that it's the Cyzicus coin I referenced.
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