I really love everything about this!
May I ask what cuds are?
As tiny as mine is (10 mm.), it's still described as a diobol: Mysia, Kyzikos, AR Diobol, ca. 450-400 BCE. Obv. Forepart of boar left; to right,...
The site has 128 examples of this type pictured in its archive. One of these days I'll go through them looking for die matches to mine, I think....
So you would account for the clear differences between the bases of the columns as an alteration of the die?
I would say close, but not a match. Compare the foreheads on the obverses, and the bases of the columns on the reverses.
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So tunny = tuna?
Thanks! This directly confirms that 111 (1986) = 1023 (2011). So I finally have the answer! Also, Chrome automatically translates this site into...
My one Galeria Valeria, from the Cyzicus Mint (like @Al Kowsky's), also with a Veneri Victrici reverse, and also with the split between the V and...
I've certainly bought at least half the coins I've acquired over the last couple of years through VCoins. Since VCoins is comprised of so many...
Here's another coin currently for sale, described as VF. Could someone explain to me how that's possible to justify? Would the argument be that...
224 AD, not BC, for the Sassanids, I believe. Fascinating article!
I believe the new sale catalog went up yesterday. The link to the ancient coin section, including 314 coins, is...
Yes, I didn't think Australia was completely cut off from the outside world. It isn't quite an "On the Beach" situation. Not yet, anyway!
Very attractive coins. I like the Caligula, the Lucilla, and the Julia Domna the best.
Wow, that's a lovely group of coins. I like them all, so I won't pick a favorite, at least without thinking about it a little first. Perhaps the...
A beautiful coin, one of the many Roman Republican coins I'd still like to own someday. Perhaps in 2021!
After careful consideration, I have finally succeeded in narrowing down my favorites to nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10. In other words, almost all...
The last four and the Canopus Jar are my favorites, but I could easily have voted for all of them. The bracteate makes me want to buy one myself,...
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