It is a surely cast fake. I agree with Doug and others that the owl is also doubtful.
Here is an electrum piece of Theodore I (acclaimed 1205, crowned 1208-1221) of the Empire of Nicaea which was founded as a Byzantine alternative...
I read ancient history and Amazon sent me a list of books they want to sell me including biographies of the Roman emperors Constantius II,...
@FitzNigel, that was a remarkable writeup. I remark upon it. Thank you.
That's horrible! How can you stand it? As a friend, I offer to help you dispose of it into a lesser collection. PM me for my address. ;)
This one has some damage. The rim beading is broken off from 2:00 to about 6:30 on the obverse. It was in the very first NFA sale, NFA I,...
I just added a number of interesting barbarous radiates to my site: http://augustusmath.hypermart.net/coinlist.html They were acquired in London...
I just read the article of @Gavin Richardson (link above) about Apulieus's Golden Ass (aka Metamorphoses) and Atargatis, the goddess whose image...
Long ago I wrote a web page on the portrait styles on denarii of Maximinus I, Thrax (AD 235-238)....
The Goddess of Syria, Dea Syria, had a lion as a companion, much like the Carthaginian goddess posted by @Ajax: [ATTACH] 28 mm. 14.09 grams....
Doug showed one of the most famous zoo-series lions--the one minted for the saecular games of the 1000th anniversary of Rome in 248 AD under...
Is is the plate coin in Hahn's Money of the Incipient Byzantine Empire (MIBE), volume I, second (English) edition for Justin I, 61a. The first...
Here is a lion from Alexandria, Egypt: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 23-22 mm. 9.54 grams. 12:00. bronze diobol. Marcus Aurelius with full beard, right, LIS...
I won some coins in the Jan. 8 Naumann auction and was informed today that the Bundesdenkmalamt finally approved the coins for export and they...
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