Perhaps not what was originally being sought for but here is another ancient nude. Naked bull wrestling was a rite of passage in some Greek...
Another ancient one.... "Venus, nude with drapery falling below hips, standing with back turned, head right, resting left arm on low column,...
As far as I can make out it is the reverse legend break. 153 breaks TEMP RE-PARATIO and 187A breaks TEMP - REPARATIO. Regards, Martin
Any other possibilities?
I think this one comes down to whether the horseman is reaching or clutching. Martin
Kurt, I am really shocked by that. The only consolation is that nobody was harmed in any way. Martin
I made a small collection of Constantine at one point and Kurt's two coins above are both ex-my collection as a matter of co-incidence. I parted...
I must admit to liking to handle my ancients and have busted out every slabbed one I have had over the years. It has always given me a smal sense...
I am glad that people like them. I think that these Stephanophori are beautiful coins. They are very broad lumps of silver and are generally of...
I have added another Kyme Tet. to my collection. This one from magistrate MHTPOΦANHΣ. [ATTACH] Regards, Martin
Looking at the obverse I believe that the head is bare rather than laureate so that narrows things down a bit. Looking at the reverse we can see...
There is a similar one in the Forum Fake reports but it is a lost/stolen coin report where people are allowed to identify coins that are missing....
The Constantinopolis is indeed from Lugdunum and the style looks fine. I don't see anything to indicate fake. A little harshly cleaned though. I...
The crescent moon is the symbol of the Antoninianus when the bust is female. I suppose representing the moon as opposed to the radiate crown for...
I am trying to understand your comments.... Could you define re-strikes? Are you saying that they are created from modern dies or dies created...
Whilst I share a similar passion for the coinage of Septimius Severus to Doug I also have a strong soft spot for Probus. During a period of...
Tidy! As they say in West Wales. Martin
This is a coin from my small Greek collection: Ptolemaic Kingdom, Ptolemy VI Philometor, 180-145 B.C., Tetradrachm Obv:– Diademed head of...
I am sorry to say that your coin is a modern fake made in Bulgaria by the faker Slavey. See this one from an online forgery database:- [ATTACH]
That is a really nice example of the type. It is what I would consider a classic Nerva denarius profile. I bought a Nerva denarius quite recently...
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