Nice! Is that Mt. Argaeus on the reverse, with Helios on the summit? Is it also from Caesarea, then?
I found a link to CNG's 2015 press release about what they dubbed the "Hermanubis Collection": https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n27a11.html...
Thanks. Those are nice coins, and I think new photos would definitely show them off better. And thanks for the link. I figured that there must...
Wow; thank you! Now, that's a match! What was the Hermanubis Collection, and why did its coins have similar toning? I wonder why the dealer...
You're probably right. There's kind of a weird feeling of cognitive dissonance when I try to compare two coins for which the dies are really,...
I don't make a lot of impulse purchases. It's no exaggeration at all for me to say that I often look at 500-1,000 ancient coins before I see one...
PS: Here's the example at the Getty: [IMG] That is a wheel. No doubt!
Which coin are you talking about? You can't mean all of them, because that would be completely off base. The sun doesn't have a rim around it,...
I know nothing in particular about the law of auctions and the ability of auctioneers to successfully disclaim all express and implied warranties...
I've never tried to negotiate their fixed prices -- I think they're mostly pretty reasonable. But it seems to me that the worst that could happen...
Speaking of dealers who don't promptly remove listings of sold coins: I just noticed that my C. Censorinus denarius with a desultor on the...
@Jochen1, I think if one were to combine your post, and mine, and @David Atherton's fascinating post on the griffin-dinosaur connection, and all...
One question I haven't really seen discussed in this thread: at what point does one consider a diadem to be a stephane? I think that's an...
But if you hold on to them for another 1,800 years, who knows what they might be worth?
Thanks -- yes, that was answered in the original thread, but I forgot to correct the description before I posted it here. As corrected, it says:...
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Here are a few interesting heads of hair: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nilus: Hadrian, Billon Tetradrachm, Year 22 (137/138 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate bust right, ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑ ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹƐΒ / Rev....
As always, a wonderful write-up with fantastic illustrations. Thank you, @Jochen. I think it's also significant to mention the role of Griffins...
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