It seems to me that a lot of Syrian and Phoenician tetradrachms, and their divisions, are coming into the market through "back door" channels such...
A very nice coin! The star under the eagle is the common mint mark used during this period by the Antioch Mint.
I've seen this type as well while researching the OP coin. There is a difference, stylistically with the treatment of the wheat ears. The...
Thank you, Al. It is quite heavy. I weighed it twice on my el cheapo scale, which has been reasonably accurate in the past. The first reading...
This Caracalla tetradrachm arrived today. I purchased the coin as a tetradrachm from Antioch, but I think it is actually from Cyprus. The obverse...
I was meaning to ask for your opinion on what you think is going on at 3 o'clock on the obverse side of both coins. It is not granular as would...
Very nice!
You're right, prices have climbed a lot for this type. I am looking, but not very earnestly for an earlier example and also for a half shekel,...
Wonderful coins! You have the eye!
Nice coins, deacon-ray, all excellent examples! I wish I had your patience and talent for graphic design! This is my only Julia Domna denarius,...
Nice coins! I too focused on world coins for many years, with ancients in the background. Now, things are reversed, with world coins now...
This is the only Tyrian shekel in my collection, purchased in the 90s from CNG. This coin is dated year 138, which works out to 12-13 AD. RPC...
This is my only coin of Diocletian, an abdication follis, post reform from Antioch, officina Z, 308 AD 10.5 grams [ATTACH]
There was a time, not so terribly long ago, before the digital technology revolution took hold, creating nano-seconds flows of information,...
That is so true, regarding the prices for Chinese coins today. I had a birds over junky dollar back in the 90s that I sold with a bunch of other...
Dug up my somewhat worn 2 bahts coin, minted in 1860. Thailand, KM - Y12 30.67 grams [ATTACH]
I took a few snaps of the one quetzal, 1925, that I have owned since 1993, purchased from Karl Stephens in December of that year. This coin...
Thanks for the information. Yes, I have seen this "XX" countermark on other coins from the 4th century BC and later. The second countermark is...
I have been a collector of world crowns since 1980 or so. I was a collector of Chinese crowns in the 80s and 90s, but have since moved to other...
Back in the 1980's and into the 90s I was a big collector of Spanish colonial and Latin America republic coins. Some coins came from Freeman...
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