It's some sort of corrosion. The bronze has reacted with whatever chemicals were in the area it was buried in. The point is, the raised stuff is...
Great coin. Congratulations. What is the size?
Probably not. It's more likely an uneven mix of bronze and silver. That's very common in these billon issues, and it reflects the generally low...
I'm still a pert myself. But some day I hope to be an expert.
The seller's name is makscoins. Apparently, the "e" got omitted.
I agree. Not a drachm.
At that size and weight, it could be a bronze drachm from 1st-2nd century A.D. Alexandria. It think it's too worn to discern anything else about...
Personally, I find OCRE, though difficult sometimes, easier to use than the British Museum site search engine. That one has me totally flummoxed,...
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I started by buying lots of 10 uncleaned ancient coins off eBay for around $10/lot. Most were junk, but over time I did learn to identify them. Of...
I don't think it's corrosion. I have seen many coins from Carthage with the same roughness around the rim. Is it possible that the flans were cast...
Ohhh! Now I get it. So this is the shoulder, here: [ATTACH] That makes sense now. Thanks, everyone.
Forgive me for being so dim, but isn't this the shoulder here? [ATTACH] Going back to Victor Clark's page, he describes this bust type as: A2...
I still don't get it. Every coin I own with a right-facing bust has the shoulder on the left side of a vertical line drawn through the ear.
It's a very subtle difference, and I don't know why RIC ever bothered making it. Obviously, you are not seeing the back of their heads on the...
Yeah, they're not right for me, either. Much too attractive for my collection.
Granted, some of the pudginess was due to the damage that this coin suffered: [IMG] Nero Caesar, A.D. 50-54 Augustus, A.D. 54-68 Bronze Dupondius...
$100? I sell coins on eBay, and I frequently recommend eBay to newbies, but always with the cavaet that they should never spend more than $15 on a...
Your avatar looks similar to mine of Constantine I, from London. Perhaps we are related? [IMG] London mint, A.D. 310-312 RIC 177 (var) Obv:...
Moneta_L was a great group. I learned a lot from the participants.
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