Possibly, or Aramaic or Phoenician (closely related to Aramaic). Possibly a heth. [IMG]
Both lovely coins. Congratulations!
I've actually become very interested in the countermarks. It is not easy studying them, but the results can be rewarding. In the past I've...
A fair price is relative, based on: 1) what you can afford, and 2) what's an appealing example for you. Factor 1 is easy to determine, but factor...
One approach that I've taken is to wait for the remainders, those lots that did not garner any bids, to go on sale. Every now and then a pretty...
I think the PE monogram to the left is the magistrate, and the A below it is the mint mark for Antioch.
As Monty Python said often, "And now for something completely different...." Here are two more off-beat tetradrachms, one which many of you have...
Okay, I decided to get on the horse and take a shot or two of another owl. I believe this coin is an Transitional Pi-Style I (Bingen Pi I) from...
Maybe its old age, but I've come to like Attic tetradrachms of all periods. I used to focus on the owls of the 5th century, but I have developed...
I've had a longstanding problem with buying duplicates, mostly because I often delude myself that the coin being purchased is somehow better than...
Yes, that has been a common security precaution for most places for some time now.
That a nice, high relief expressive portrait of Vespasian.
Thank you for the link. I'll try acsearch as well. I think this is one more of the innumerable coins whose ambiguous attributions remain forever...
Here's my tetradrachm, from Antioch. I have other examples of his coinage, yet to be photographed. Maybe the next Big One out here in CA will...
But I've never seen a reverse of Gordian playing the accordion...
You'd have to be out of your gordian not to like his coinage!
There seems to be a suggestion of an obverse legend on the Roma example, but it is weak and obscured by deposits, and probably much of it is off...
One other observation. The letters above the obverse portrait seem to be: tp(a?)c. They're all very small somewhat crude. I'm pretty sure about...
Thank you. I was thinking, hopefully no doubt, that this coin might be close to the example below: [IMG] Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt, Kleopatra...
I found this coin among several other dirty, worn bronzes last night. The profile looks a lot like that of Cleopatra VII. At first I thought it...
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