Sellers have been issuing their own certificates, testimonials, declarations and pronouncements of authenticity probably going back to when coin...
Yes, depictions of Jesus and Mary appeared on Byzantine bronze and gold coinage, while the Islamic coins, in keeping the Muslim iconoclasm which...
Here's a closeup of the center of the obverse: [ATTACH] And a closeup of the bird: [ATTACH] The bird does have a long beak, perhaps a cross...
Yes, there are similarities with the seated folles of Justin II and Sophia, but stylistically that coin is quite different. Also, as far as I can...
Yes, it was a nice lot to purchase. The seller for a few months had the Scythopolis follis listed separately at $600, as I recall. Then he...
Here's a pairing of two myths - a coin that I have had for a while, followed by a relatively new acquistion. Pontos, Amisos, AE 30 of Perseus...
Thank you for the information. I am really not at all knowledgeable with ancient scripts of the region. I try to decipher Aramaic and Phoenician...
Thank you so much! I will create labels with this information tomorrow. Thank you! This information will be added. Your help is greatly...
These coins arrived today as a small group lot that I purchased a couple of weeks ago. I have not done any in-depth research on them, but I'm...
I used primarily sodium thiosulfate/thiosulphate (pentahydrate) 99% pure, mixed with distilled water and heated in my 750 watt microwave for about...
Ancient coins, by their very nature, have been around for a while. All sorts of things happen to them from the day they were minted to the day...
Yes, I see the similarities, possibly a die match. Your coin seems to be better struck on the obverse, so the mouth is better defined compared to...
You have a reform follis of Justinian I. Prior to this reform, before year 12 of his reign, the folles tended to be narrower, and lighter, with...
Thank you, Terence, for the information and your wonderful coins. I've never spent much time studying the extensive issues, both lifetime and...
Thank you for the information on the presence or absence of the footstool on the reverse of Alexander III's lifetime and early posthumous coins....
That's a beautiful coin! So, the tetradrachms without the footstool or foot rest (can't imagine someone like Zeus needing one) are mostly found...
Nice coins posted! As an additional note to the coin that I posted, I was told that it came from north of Beit She an, Israel.
It's been a while since my last thread. I do have some new coins coming in, mostly a procession of imitative owls, but also this Alexander III...
It would have been very helpful for present day collectors if the Roman Senate issued a manual on how to go about creating a damnatio memoriae...
I agree that the mere presence of scratches or gouges is not prima facie that the coin was defaced as a damnatio memoriae. The coin I posted...
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