Another owl. This time a Transitional style tetradrachm. [ATTACH]
Abdera, Silver Drachm [ATTACH]
GRYPHONS Roman Republic. L PAPIUS. I have more of these than is healthy! Here are just two of them. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Sharp dies, a crisp strike and little evidence of wear leading to a pleasing looking coin entirely in keeping with the style shown of other sharp...
Hey Mat. I am glad that one found a nice home. I recognised it as having once been mine straight away...
How about another silver tetradrachm? Egypt, Athens Imitative, Silver tetradrachm Obv:– Head of Athena right, droopy eye, crested helmet with...
Doug, You say that it is relatively common but is still seems that the tetradrachm is less readily available than the Bull's horn diademed,...
This is a $1,000 - $1,500 coin.
Probus, Billon tetradrachm, Alexandria Obv:– A K M AVP PROBOC CEB, Laureate, cuirassed bust right Rev:– None, Nike advancing left, holding wreath...
In the later kingdom the artistry was lost. Ptolemaic Kingdom, Cleopatra III and Ptolemy X Soter, 110 - 109 B.C. and 107 - 101 B.C., Silver...
Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180-145 B.C., Silver Tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis Rev:- PTOLEMAIOY...
Silver Tetradrachm of Ptolemy I Soter, founder of the Ptolemaic Kingdom Obv:– Diademed head of Ptolemy I right wearing aegis Rev:– ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ...
Wear happens from the highest points and is not equal across the whole coin. I do not understand your argument here.
I have strong doubts about the 80-95% figures too.
For those who find "smoothing" acceptable. What do you think of the process of taking a pitted coin, filling the pits (fields, portrait etc.) with...
VK. I must admit that I find even that level of rework objectionable. I would prefer the original example without the off lines in the hair and a...
I raised this as an example of very heavily tooled coins that are sold for several hundreds of dollars to unwary buyers. The tooling is so extreme...
It would appear to have been extensively if not completely retooled and there is serious doubt that the reverse was even of this type.
Tooling or nice? What do you see? [ATTACH]
You need to find en EF untouched example from the original dies and then perform a detailed comparison. This is far beyond my research resources.
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