Nice coin! There's no difference among the designs for 363/1a-1d. They differ only in the existence and/or placement of the control-symbols. 1a...
A scarab, I assume, but I see no design or hieroglyphics on the underside? Where's it from?
Thank you!
Here's one basic question to which I haven't seen the answer: does anyone know why "K" was used during that period as a mintmark for Serdica? Does...
Wow; thank you!
Does he save his fakes for ebay or does he put them in his other auctions too?
Thanks. I bought it in September from a dealer on VCoins, so it's certainly possible that you saw it there.
Is it my imagination, or has our member @ambr0zie mentioned that "Traian" is still a fairly common name in Romania, for obvious reasons?
Wonderful write-up. My only coin with a pulvinar comes from Faustina II: Faustina II [Junior] (wife of Marcus Aurelius & daughter of Antoninus...
My only Zeus Ammon coin: Antoninus Pius Billon Tetradrachm, Year 12 (148-149 AD), Alexandria, Egypt Mint. Obv. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed...
When I took a Byzantine History class in college, Basil II Bulgaroktonos was unquestionably the emperor whose name I liked the most. And is the...
You don't really have to go that far through the list of Roman emperors' names (not counting Julius) before you get to the first one that would...
Thanks for the great write-up. It amazes me that you can decipher the legends on coins like this.
That's exactly what it looks like!
This is my scale, also a Fuzion: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07L8ZVVRM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 . I recommend it.
For coins with no weight information? To confirm the dealer information? For doing specific gravity tests?
Thank you so much! And yes, I do still read French pretty well. Although slowly; it's been more than 45 years since I studied it in high school....
I recently bought a Probus antoninianus from the Serdica (now Sofia, Bulgaria) Mint, 4th emission (according to Karl Pink, I believe). It's my...
I didn't follow the link to the one posted, but I would suggest that you buy a digital scale that measures in 100ths of a gram rather than only...
Helios on Rhodian coins = the Colossus of Rhodes? I admit that I never knew that.
Separate names with a comma.
