That's a shame for this coin to have survived all this time just to be electrocuted by some idiot (I mean that in a loving way). It should way...
I don't see anything to make me think it's not authentic. The legends may have been tooled to make them stand out, but even that is questionable....
None of your coins will ever be boring Doug. I enjoy looking at them.
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Hey Cucumber, is your wife French? That makes it doubly nice. OoLaLa (or something of that nature).
Ditto
Nice TIF. I don't think I can help you out. Your Greek is so much better than mine. This is my only coin from Cilicia, but its from Korykos and...
Glance, eye-roll and how much did you spend on this one? I love these Aurelian coins. His portraits are really very regal, just like this new...
My smallest (I've shown a few times) [ATTACH] AEOLIS, KYME AR Hemiobol OBVERSE: Eagle's head left, KY to left (M beneath the head, nearly off...
Both are beautiful coins. Congrats.
Love it Anoob. A very interesting type.
That certainly would not be my selected way of passing to the other side.....
Welcome rrdenarius. I like both coins you posted. Are they both yours? The C.METELLUS is a wonderful design and one I want for my own collection.
[ATTACH] ACHAEMENID EMPIRE AR Siglos OBVERSE: Persian king or hero in kneeling/running stance right, holding spear and bow REVERSE: Incuse punch...
I'm jealous!
VK you make me look like a spendthrift. Very god score and a great pond skipper. Man, don't drop that thing on your foot, if you know what I...
Yep, same thing happened to me in Athens two years ago. I was in a jewelry shop shopping for the wife when the topic of Ancient coins was...
Well, I hope this incident doesn't turn you off of collecting Ancient coins. There are some wonderful and authentic examples of the same coins...
You have the coin in hand and are the only one to know what the true color looks like. However, I took JA's image and lightened it a bit, but I...
Ditto, ditto, ditto.
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