Thank you. It has taken about 30 years to acquire these archaic tetradrachms, though I must say the pace rapidly picked up starting around 2018....
Yes, I'm pretty sure that the bow in the field indicates that this a Salamis Mint coin. My very first Alexander III tetradrachm, which I no...
That is an exceptional archaic owl in every respect. I think that if I only had one archaic tetradrachm, that coin would be the hands down...
Test cut aside, your two archaic tetradrachms are really nice - much better metal quality than is often encountered and the detail for both coins...
Here's one that sold at Triton XXII, Lot: 386, with a $75,000 estimate, for a fair amount of pocket change, $325,000 to be precise (not including...
Nice example! The reverse design was later used at Gaza for an extremely rare imitative tetradrachm that fetches big bucks at auction.
Nice! That's a very elusive coin, a true Group 2 example. I have seen so many other tetradrachms assigned to the wrong Starr group, at auction...
Thank you. And thank you for posting a very nice tetradrachm!
That's true, the embrittlement is a combination of oxidation and the leaching of copper alloy, leaving a dark, brittle crystalline surface that...
Livia, empress with Augustus, died on September 28, 29 AD at age 86. [ATTACH] Next: A king who had two separate reigns.
The archaic style owl arrived today, encased in a NGC slab, from which it was promptly removed. Given the irregular shape of the flan both in...
Nice photo! The silver looks as if it totally altered to a silver oxide (Ag2O).
I don't like the coin. It is crudely executed and it could very well be a fake. I think you can do better. Here are a couple of examples of an...
Here's a threesome from Cyzicus: Phocas' predecessor, Maurice Tiberius, then Phocas, followed by his successor, Heraclius. Maurice Tiberius,...
Thank you.
Back then I remember coffee cans full of Cap and Ray 8's (mostly late dates) and chopmarked coins (all worn portrait types as I recall) that were...
Interesting fouree. Is that a denarius?
I assure you that I won't.
Sure, but what would a 21st century chopmark look like? An emoji? :angelic:
Which coin are you referring to? If it is my coin, it is graded MS64. I really do not place much credence on this system of grading, being...
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