Perhaps this link might help, Lawrence University - https://www2.lawrence.edu/dept/art/BUERGER/ESSAYS/PRODUCTION6.HTML
No, please don't clean this coin. It has a really nice patina. Cleaning will only destroy it. This type was more often poorly struck than well...
Yes, the tetradrachm could be a fourrée, but it could also be silver imitation from the 4th - 3rd centuries BCE. Elements of the style of the...
I've seen many slabbed Athenian tetradrachms assigned MS by NGC, along with numeric grades for strike quality and surface condition. I'm sure...
One more follis of Constantine IX Monomachos, purchased from Marc Breitspecher last year. Anonymous Class D Æ Follis / Christ Enthroned Date:...
Here is a nice follis of Basil II and Constantine VIII, Class A2, graded EF and purchases MA Shops a year ago. Obverse: Bust of Christ with the...
That Athenian tetradrachm is very interesting. It appears to have been broken into two halves while in circulation which were subsequently...
The bottom coin looks like a billon tetradrachm from Antioch.
You have an eye for really beautiful coin. The portraits are excellent.
That's a very nicely centered example, well struck as well.
Earlier this year, by way of VCoins, I picked up this billon tetradrachm of Caracalla, Tyre mint. What makes this example somewhat unusual is its...
Your follis looks like a really nice example. I don't know why it was not assigned a grade by NGC, and why it was returned in a large "body bag"....
Here's an example of the Zeugitana stater from VCoins. It looks as if it might have some graffiti on the reverse....
Caracalla was a man of many portrayals, especially when it comes to his provincial coinage. Here is an example from Emesa, Seleucis and Pieria,...
As far as your Zeugitana is concerned, weight information is important, along with dimension (in mm). Also, your coin has some stylistic...
That As is a really nice example, especially the obverse.
At 29.79 grams, here's one of heavier sestertii in the collection, recently acquired from Roma as a post-auction purchase. Marcus Aurelius Æ...
This is actually a post to a previous thread. PBS/WNET has a long-running series, Secrets of the Dead, that features episodes that you might find...
Here are a few links to Secrets of the Dead episodes that you might find interesting. Perhaps you've seen them. Some of these links expire in a...
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