If that is an authentic coin, then it is an unusual one. I don't think I have seen that portrait style before. It almost looks like a Roman...
@Quant.Geek : I really like your Heraclius & Heraclius Constantine overstruck on Phocas & Leontia. It is cool how the coin was rotated by almost...
@dougsmit Thanks for the post! Taking a photo with the undertype oriented vertically is a good idea, I will remember that. I agree that knowing...
3 looks like the auction and reference book photos we all have spent too much time looking at. I wanted to pick 1 but was afraid of being laughed...
It looks the obverse of your Tiberius III Apsimar was struck on the reverse of the Leontius and vice versa. It is cool how Leontius appears under...
Check out this interesting follis from my recent Byzantine scoop: [ATTACH] This coin has a mirror image feel in hand that attracted me to it...
Nice Gela tetradrachm! John
I would only let a pro try to improve it. Maybe YOC or NGC conservation. I would be afraid to touch it myself. :-) John
Cool looking coin. Not my area of expertise at all but someone will know. :-)
I went back to my local coin shop to check out what they have and to get another scoop of Byzantine coins before they were all gone. I decided I...
What a great set of coins! I love the Sybaris and the Brutus. John
Sell the first one, keep the second until the right specialist collector comes along where the coin will have a meaningful home. :-)
A nice set Aidan! I like the Syracuse bronze and A Pius sestertius. I always use ms paint to save a reduced pixel size photo for posting. I open...
Ok thanks.
Very cool portrait, what does the reverse show? John
Nice coin and presentation!
Looks like a match to me! Nice find!
Very expressive portrait of Domitian. That is an interesting helmet with the large crest worn by Minerva. John
It is actually a Dekadrachm from Syracuse, so not buying one anytime soon. :-)
I am going to guess the goat. :-) They give people animals appropriate for the climate. Some people get goats, camels, alpacas, etc John
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