naturally toned for the win [ATTACH]
No, if you look a bit more carefully, notice the first C before CORNEL. These are things that can't be "dremeled", as you would have to add...
The obverse is Zeus, but I can't make out much of the reverse. It might also not be copying an actual coin.
Sorry, but it is a cast fake.
if you are a dog :D
3rd century
they probably meant to label it as a "double denarius"
The ostrich depicted is probably the now extinct Arabian ostrich. It went extinct circa 1920's due to over-hunting. [ATTACH] engraving from...
the first is an AE prutah issued by Antonius Felix, who was procurator of Judaea (A.D. 52-60) under the emperor Claudius the second is a FEL TEMP...
Yes, it is fake. The real deal is a famous and quite pricey type. see this genuine port of Ostia example that sold for $24,500 [ATTACH]
I have 8 coins of Postumus from the 1833 Mildenhall Hoard. [ATTACH]
I don't know that there is a website for this type. I used a book to ID it called "Alexandrian Coins" by Emmett, Keith. You can see other...
it's Diocletian with Eusebeia on the reverse
Here's the article from David Woods-- https://www.academia.edu/8749714/Julian_Arles_and_the_Eagle this theory also explains why there is an...
My only Julian II...it has an eagle on the top of the wreath with a theory being it was because the mint supervisor might have been named Aquila...
Galba doesn't clean them though...a friend of his does the cleaning.
lots of different small nosed busts for Gordian III [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] especially compare OP coin below with...
TES is not an option...the mintmark for Thessalonica would be SMTS[A]
The question, as posed by the article, is "was the ancient Roman coin a fake". So not asking what it is; but rather is it genuine.
Gordian III [ATTACH] Gordian III A.D. 240 AR Antoninianus IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG; radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, seen from...
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