Sorry for the long delay with this reply. Here are some images of what I think are Levantine imitations of the Attica tetradrachm First, here is...
You're coin looks like it is a Bingen Pi IV owl. https://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=pi-style
So, if my coin is an imitative owl (still working on that), then it would appear that other mints also recycled coins by folding the flan and...
Yes, I've noticed. Thanks for the link.
Yes, apparently this was a common practice during this period and later. Here's more information from Forvm Ancient Coins. The folded flan...
This coin arrived yesterday. It is an owl, intermediate, from the 4th century BC. This example does show the characteristics of a folded flan,...
Thank you for the comments, and it is true that the silver tetradrachms and gold coins generally were not used domestically except to finance...
You're right about the Athenian tetradrachms and Spanish 8 reales as being bullion and treated as such by merchants, most of whom were not...
I've purchased ancients from Zurqieh many times, both on eBay and VCoins. While most of my purchases have been Attica tetradrachms and generally...
I used to buy world coins from Karl back in the 80's through the 90's and a bit beyond, before eBay became a big deal on the con market. Now that...
I'm not sure. It could very well be a copy, but if I were to try to date it, possibly from the Qin or Han dynasties. It could be a much later...
I've never gone hog-wild about collecting coins with boars, having pigged out on Athenian tetradrachms, and squealing with joy with each new...
Here's another coin that shows up with some regularity in hoards in the eastern Mediterranean region. It is from Pamphylia, Side, an important...
That's a very nice example of the British trade dollar. It's a truly beautiful design. Here's an example of the SSC crown that was minted during...
Nicely struck - great coin!
Okay, Next: Any coin that has Asclepius with a serpent. The rod or staff of Asclepius would also qualify.
I would like to share with you an area of numismatics that has been my concentration for nearly 40 years, trade coinage. It is hard to say when...
We'll go double. Here is a double rupee, Mysore, Tipu Sutan, dated AM 1216, RY 6. 22.7 grams [ATTACH] Next: A tetradrachm of Sulla
Surprisingly, some of these fakes/copies/replicas command respectable prices. This information is from CoinQuest: "There are many replicas of...
Here's a youthful Marcus Aurelius as Caesar. [ATTACH] Next: A coin that was used widely for trade in ancient times.
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