I think that I actually saw one of these decadrachms, I believe, late last year. The images were sent by an Israeli dealer who was visiting the...
As the covid-19 pandemic proceeds, along with all of the known unknowns and unknown unknowns, and daily reports of cases and deaths, I came across...
Here's a bust of Claudius and a tetradrachm from Alexandria, a fairly close match as these things go, although his ears are a bit oversized on the...
Interesting. Possibly the flan shifted during striking in a manner that created weakness of strike on the opposite side of the flan flaw? Could...
The coin is in the proper weight range, so it looks as if the flan was improperly cast, creating a flan flaw. The obverse seems to be weakly...
A coin's condition is determined by the type of metal (bronze, silver or gold), the conditions such as soil composition if buried (mineral...
Yes, the auction ran for about an hour, then restarted. Being on the west coast, I was up at 5 am for the auction's start, blurry eyed and half...
Here's another discourse on ancient lenses. It seems that the engravers of dies in these times must have had a magnifying lens or lenses of...
Perhaps this link might help, Lawrence University - https://www2.lawrence.edu/dept/art/BUERGER/ESSAYS/PRODUCTION6.HTML
No, please don't clean this coin. It has a really nice patina. Cleaning will only destroy it. This type was more often poorly struck than well...
Yes, the tetradrachm could be a fourrée, but it could also be silver imitation from the 4th - 3rd centuries BCE. Elements of the style of the...
I've seen many slabbed Athenian tetradrachms assigned MS by NGC, along with numeric grades for strike quality and surface condition. I'm sure...
One more follis of Constantine IX Monomachos, purchased from Marc Breitspecher last year. Anonymous Class D Æ Follis / Christ Enthroned Date:...
Here is a nice follis of Basil II and Constantine VIII, Class A2, graded EF and purchases MA Shops a year ago. Obverse: Bust of Christ with the...
That Athenian tetradrachm is very interesting. It appears to have been broken into two halves while in circulation which were subsequently...
The bottom coin looks like a billon tetradrachm from Antioch.
You have an eye for really beautiful coin. The portraits are excellent.
That's a very nicely centered example, well struck as well.
Earlier this year, by way of VCoins, I picked up this billon tetradrachm of Caracalla, Tyre mint. What makes this example somewhat unusual is its...
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