I love these tets. They have a really hefty feeling in hand. A lot of coin for your money. I keep dabbling with them and then drifting away again...
TIF. That one is a gem. I think that every time I see it.
I have a couple of Philip II Tets. Philip II, Ar Tetradrachm Obv:– Laureate head of Zeus right Rev:– FILIP-POU, king riding left, wearing...
It is an interesting type. Mine doesn't show the right arm so clearly and I had never made the leap to the bird. [IMG] Constantinian Sol can...
A beautiful quality coin. A stunner. I must admit that I will accept a much lower quality to enter my collection. I have bought a couple of...
Not been around here much. I have a few coins relevant to this thread. Two are the same types as zumbly above... Antoninus Pius denarius Obv:-...
I can hear the cries of "not another Papius" already.... And no Steve. No dog yet. L Papius Denarius Serratus Obv:– Head of Juno Sospita...
My nicest and most expensive Ptolemaic Tet.... Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor, Silver Tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I...
Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy II Soter, Tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis Rev:- PTOLEMAIOY [SOTERWS], eagle standing...
My Ptolemy I Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy I Soter, Silver Tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis Rev:– ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ...
It is a well known tourist quality fake I am afraid. These are the sort of thing sold in tourist shops and are fantasy pieces. Here are a couple...
Silver corrodes and the common black tarnish on silver is silver sulphide. Gold is a noble metal and doesn't corrode. Dirt will gather on gold however
Doug, Yours is a gem. I love the patina. Mine is a dark green but your chocolate brown is glorious. I have finished photographing more of the...
Another galley from the same collection. This time with Victoriola. Constans - AE2 Obv:- DN CONSTA-NS PF AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and...
Bastien is the only documentation that places these into any chronological order that I have seen.
Here is one of the hut coins. This one is what caught my attention in the first place. Constans - AE2 Obv:- D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG,...
So I got distracted again and bought a small collection of 10 FEL TEMP Galley and Hut coins because I obviously don't have enough already. Part...
Here is mine with D. [IMG] The mint was using A, B, C and D and the officina marks. C does appear in exe. too [IMG]
Here are some of my IMP CA...PER some with AVG some with AV [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Doug, I started collecting eastern SS in about 2001. I have a real soft spot for the IMP CA ... PER variants and have around 15 examples from a...
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