Yes, your coin has a particularly nice patina. Nice coin!
Here's a coin that I have posted before, but today I worked on it some more, for the last time, I think, in an effort to "improve" its appearance....
Thank you. You have some interesting questions. The reverse is, as you observed, is of a much higher level of die engraving compared to the...
So, likely a contemporary forgery (or imitation). Thanks!
Thanks. There does appear to be some light corrosion on the reverse, probably visible if you enlarge the image. The coin came to by way of a...
Here are two more coins while touring the boxes today. The first coin appears to be unlisted in RIC, at least around the time I acquired it, back...
In keeping with the Good Friday/Easter theme, here is a shekel of Tyre, year 138 (12-13 AD). Obverse: Melqart facing right. Reverse: Eagle...
That's a really beautiful coin, definitely a cut or two above what is normally encountered. Did your coin come out of an auction?
Very nice examples! He was an obsessed man, to say the least. Here's a somewhat eroded sestertius of his, featuring Asclepius and serpent on the...
The trucks that they used, done up with ancient Egyptian decorations, look like amphibious vehicles.
Yes, and considering the expenditure involved, it reminds me of the celebration of the Shah of Iran, marking the 2,500 years since the founding of...
From today's news from the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56508475 [MEDIA]
Here's a shekel from the First Jewish Revolt, with "Jerusalem the Holy" in Hebrew on the reverse. I hope this qualifies, even though the legend...
For what is worth, here's a drachm that's in the mail. This coin demonstrates the wide variation that can be encountered with this type. I...
How about this alternative? [MEDIA]
I think whoever the retained attorney is, he or she should expect representation expenses to be paid in worn Byzantine coppers and contraband beer.
I was going to guess that the estimate was based on the annual GNP of Costa Rica, so I guess $105,000 seems quite reasonable.
Here's an owl with the obverse die crammed to one side of the flan, and yet with nearly full detail, no small feat given the compact nature of the...
Massive indeed, across the board! [ATTACH] Now, my Gorgoneion has feelings of inadequacy. [ATTACH]
Here's my only Galba bronze, or any other metal. I'm not sure if this is a dupondius or as. The obverse die is interesting in that the A in...
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