Despite the typo, that's a beautiful coin you got there, Al Kowsky. It's not often you find an Egyptian tet with such clear lettering.
There is something below (or above, depending on the orientation) the blob. It could be an off-centered grain within a wreath. I'll start looking...
Looks like the coin was coated with wax at some point. It's probably harmless. I think a short acetone bath would remove the wax if it bothered you.
Here's another example of the first coin: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4645561 "Roman Provincial Syria, Seleucis and Pieria....
You need to be careful about sealing a coin after treating it for BD. You don't want to seal in any remaining traces of the cuprous chloride and...
I haven't been able to ID this tiny (10mm, 1.2g) Greek bronze, mainly because I can't figure out what it depicted on the reverse. Is it a tunny...
I no longer like the coin.
Well, I like it. I think the nymph looks like Robin Williams in a wig.
EARRRNT! Not silver! Look for bronze coins of Constantine on eBay. They are plentiful and inexpensive. Silver coins of Constantine are very rare....
Hard to get much duller than this one: [IMG] Typical "Victory advancing left with wreath and palm" reverse type, seen on millions of bronze coins...
I was told that all the Q coins in this series were modern forgeries. Some sort of conspiracy?
Huh. That would explain the alternating thick and thin layers.
I got this one off eBay when eBay was in its infancy--well, toddlerhood, actually--and I was just getting started as an ancient collector. I was a...
Could that be a stag rather than a horse on the third one? Perhaps with Artemis on the obverse?
Versions of the same coin with different inscription breaks are not uncommon. RIC usually lumps them all together as the same coin. In some...
I do not know much about this coin other than the general consensus that it is barbarous. It is definitely unofficial, though: [ATTACH] Obv: _ _ _...
Very cool coin. Do you know what specifically identifies the obverse figure as Homer?
I don't understand. Furryfrog2 already IDed your coin ("224 AD Obverse: IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped bust right Reverse: P M TR...
If you really want a silver drachm of Alexander the Great, you can easily find one in similar condition to the fake one you posted for less than...
I agree that the are both expertly done. But should this be disclosed by the seller? The N in ADVENTVS, for example, has to be the product of...
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