Beautiful! Interesting that after 250 years or so, they still primarily used Ptolemy I's portrait on their tetradrachms.
Also the CNG online archive is free and gives past prices for CNG auctions, going back 15 years or so.
Even in the most recent 5-volume edition, the Sear prices are 10-20 years out of date. They still give an indication of comparative value, though....
A Philip I thread? I wish I'd noticed it earlier. Here are mine, plus a Philip II moose/North European elk, and (perhaps my favorite of them all)...
Tooling isn't as common on silver coins as it is on bronze, and I'm not so good at detecting it. One thing I can see, though, is that the reverse...
That doesn't matter nearly as much anymore, now that museums are able to put their entire numismatic collections online for everyone to see, as...
An antoninus of Philip I with the she-wolf and twins on the reverse: [ATTACH] If you don't think that counts as silver (and the color is quite...
Fascinating article. I had read about the case before, but this was the most detailed treatment. In general, the U.K. system, while not perfect...
I think the ambiguity would have been avoided by placing a comma after "human." The other meaning would have been conveyed by placing a comma...
[ATTACH] Janiform heads, or Janus himself, on a silver coin.
Is that yours? Did you find it in an uncleaned lot?
@Sulla80 was kind enough to stitch my two new Hadrian-Aegyptos photos together side-by-side, and add a black background. I think it looks great!...
OK, no spotted panthers. So I'll change it to plain old panthers, no spots necessary!
The estimates might look affordable, but I would guess that the majority of those coins are going to sell for 4 or 5 times the estimates.
Don't turn into Ernst, now!
I really want one of those Juno Sospitas to go with my other five (Crawford 316/1, 379/1, 379/2, 384/1, and 412/1)! The problem is that in most of...
This one is 17 mm.: Lydia, Philadelphia, AE 17, Late 2nd/Early 1st Centuries BCE, Hermippos, son of Hermogenes, [father's name known from other...
I edited my post to substitute new Hadrian Aegyptos photos with much more accurate color. The coin is silver, not brown! (And is no longer blue,...
Provenance dating back to the guys who used the funny-looking countermarks, ca. 200 BCE, plus or minus a few hundred years. That should work.
Eagles are too easy and common, so here's one with a stork: Roman Republic, Q. Caecilius Metullus, AR Denarius, 81 BCE. Obv. Head of Pietas...
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