Not only the smoothing, which is not terribly distracting, but a good chip in the patina on the reverse, but, as my granddad used to say "somebody...
Henry VIII debased his silver coinage to the point where he earned the name "Old Coppernose" due to the silver wash wearing off his nose,...
It took me a while to rummage through the boxes, but I was able to locate my Elizabeth I crown. I purchased this coin back in the mid-1980s, from...
And notice how the rim of the punch causes the metal to rise, as would be expected, and the bottom comes to a tapered point. This is not the...
Yes, some coins recovered from burial sites have a really nice, blue patina. Dem Bones! Fats Waller- [MEDIA]
Yes, the hole does not go through the obverse. It is truly massive, about 5 mm wide and roughly 2.5 mm deep, and flat at the bottom - unusual....
I'm sure the coin does not have bronze disease. It's a nice coin. I would keep an eye on it. The less that is done to it the better. One...
I don't see any indications of a copper core, such as places where silver plating has fallen off. I would tend to agree that debased silver, with...
Egypt? Sabakes? 16.2 grams, 21.5 mm, 9 h. [ATTACH]
I've never seen a tetradrachm from Gaza for Caracalla before. As the hammer price indicates, it must be incredibly rare. I must say that it has...
Thanks. I appreciate the information. The coinage of Alexander III is so vast, it is quite difficult, sometimes, to identify the location for...
Yes, I've done the same thing. I attribute this behavior to my multiple personality.....
Yes, change the orientation, and some of these symbols become quite abstract. It seems that the mind is hard-wired to view objects in a pre-set...
Here's an earlier tetradrachm of Caracalla, from Antioch. Unlike the coin that I posted yesterday, this example is almost at the opposite end of...
Thank you. It never occurred to me that the symbol would be perpendicular to the figure of Zeus seated. It's interesting how the mind works.
There appear to be Arabic numbers on the reverse, 7 and 8: [IMG] Possibly an Arab or Indian coin?
Here's a coin dating back to the early 90s, purchased from a local coin dealer. I have looked high and low trying to nail down the mint for this...
Thank you, Doug. I will correct the label for this coin. I found this information online for Sear 230, Antioch: Some half-folles just indicated...
Earlier this year I posted a really bad image of a tetradrachm of Caracalla, Tyre Mint. Here are better images. The hair style is unusual....
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