Wonderful!! Another gem!!
Interesting and cool piece!!! Of course, cutting them up for small change was fairly common.
Wonderful little gem!!! Obols were 6 to a drachm??? Small change like silver dimes once were???
Like everyone else, that's the first I've seen...and that's so cool!!! I bookmarked the site:D
Well, that had been my initial belief, but it appears even more probable that it was 'holed' to indicate that it was 'bad silver' or a fourree.
I always LOVE to see those coins @TIF ....So many gorgeous examples I'd Love to own! And that Agathokles.......WOW!!!
Pretty cool @Brian Bucklan ....especially since it seems a bit large and heavy for the type.
WOW!! @ancientcoinguru, That's a stunningly beautiful coin!!! I guess I'll post my Agrippa and Neptune As: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Fantastic posts and info guys!! I had no idea about the Justinian 'swollen glands' types....
Wonderful pick-up @JBGood !!! I have two to offer----A Hieron type, (Trident upside down LOL) and this Silver Tet from Byzantion,...
I'm missing that particular type as well @Pishpash although I'm about to pick up this curious example on a extra-wide flan; Antoninianus, Rome...
...and how could I forget the one coin I purchased specifically for what it is----Legionary Brockage: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Exquisite!!! I certainly HOPE that's what it is.....:sorry::D
I think @Ancientnoob, among a few others. will especially LOVE that coin!!
I hope it's genuine (it seems to be from the photo) but I've been wrong more than a few times...
I can easily appreciate why all the posted coins ---and the OP Hemidrachm---were purchased BECAUSE of their imperfections...I'd have done the same...
The closest I have to a 'odd-ball' (and not just crap) is this doubling which made me 'double check' to see if I still had my glasses on (once,...
Cool Coin!!! I'm still missing any barbarous types, although I'm actually pursuing a couple at this very moment---Eastern Celts imitating Greek...
Beautiful denarii @Volodya !!! I LOVE that elephant!!!! GIMME GIMME!!!!;):)
Interesting! My only 'cut' coin is my single half of a similar type that Doug posted---the Augustus/Agrippa dupondius into two (or one) As. [ATTACH]
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