You might be right. I need to produce much better images of both sides. I don't own a digital camera or a smart phone. I need to buy camera,...
Yes, there's corrosion above the head, or at least a dip in the flan that caused some of the legend to go missing. This is the best (and only)...
I came across an unusual billon tetradrachm of Caracalla, Antioch mint. I think I paid $20 for it on eBay, from an Israeli dealer who specializes...
I've always found comfort in the music of Mendelssohn. [MEDIA]
Sorry for your loss. Here's an Eastern Celtic imitative tetradrachm of Thasos that I picked up in a recent auction. Quite modern in a somewhat...
Yes, a coin from the late middle ages.
Yes, that would be a nice experience, and if I had the money, I would have purchased the hoard and kept it intact. As a group it has historical...
Yes, I think this is a field, a very challenging one, that a numismatic scholar might consider pursuing. Some countermarks are crude in nature...
That's a lovely example. I recently obtained images of a hoard of Attica tetradrachms from Syria. The hoard, I was told, was discovered in...
Here's an Attica tetradrachm that just arrived today. I purchased it as a post-auction coin because of the interesting counterstamps on both the...
That is a classic depiction of Athena advancing with raised shield and spear. I've also seen this on tetradrachms of Alexander III.
The coin that I think is an imitation is an enigma. I guess that's why I like it. It does go against the conventions of the archaic style and it...
You have some nice examples of Attica tetradrachms used in commerce. You might be able to identify some of them, such as the banker's marks on...
Thanks for the images. I have seen punch marks on the reverse, some of them truly massive. I acquired on owl with a huge punch mark on the...
No, I don't think this coin dates from the archaic period. It is, I think, late 5th-4th centuries BCE. David Sear noted that elements of...
Finally, at least for this tread, here is a controversial coin. This coin was acquired a few years ago from a German dealer online. It is...
Here's one more example from the collection, an archaic Attica tetrdrachm from circa 500-490 BCE. This example was purchased from Dr. Busso Peus...
Yes, and the engraving tends to be of higher quality. The relief is higher than the later mass produced owls as well. The vast majority of mass...
Nice examples. Paeonia. Audoleon (315-286 BC) also produced a facing portrait type. As shown below, from the Internet: [ATTACH]
Nice coin! It looks like one of the later transitional types, 455 BCE or so?
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