Nice example! The reverse design was later used at Gaza for an extremely rare imitative tetradrachm that fetches big bucks at auction.
Nice! That's a very elusive coin, a true Group 2 example. I have seen so many other tetradrachms assigned to the wrong Starr group, at auction...
Thank you. And thank you for posting a very nice tetradrachm!
That's true, the embrittlement is a combination of oxidation and the leaching of copper alloy, leaving a dark, brittle crystalline surface that...
Livia, empress with Augustus, died on September 28, 29 AD at age 86. [ATTACH] Next: A king who had two separate reigns.
The archaic style owl arrived today, encased in a NGC slab, from which it was promptly removed. Given the irregular shape of the flan both in...
Nice photo! The silver looks as if it totally altered to a silver oxide (Ag2O).
I don't like the coin. It is crudely executed and it could very well be a fake. I think you can do better. Here are a couple of examples of an...
Here's a threesome from Cyzicus: Phocas' predecessor, Maurice Tiberius, then Phocas, followed by his successor, Heraclius. Maurice Tiberius,...
Thank you.
Back then I remember coffee cans full of Cap and Ray 8's (mostly late dates) and chopmarked coins (all worn portrait types as I recall) that were...
Interesting fouree. Is that a denarius?
I assure you that I won't.
Sure, but what would a 21st century chopmark look like? An emoji? :angelic:
Which coin are you referring to? If it is my coin, it is graded MS64. I really do not place much credence on this system of grading, being...
[ATTACH] The Spanish 8 reales, in both its hammered and milled forms, both colonial and republican issues, were a mainstay of commerce from...
Thanks. I am not terribly familiar with pre-Meiji coinage. The koban came up in an auction with three of these coins on offer. I was lucky to...
Weight? These coins are often quite crude. I think this coin is okay. The doubling of the A is probably due to a repunching of that letter in...
Thank you. I don't have too many 20th century coins, but I was drawn to this example for its beautiful design, especially the obverse, as well as...
I only have one coin of the Second Republic, a peseta dated 1933, in an ANACS holder. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My family in Detroit had the good...
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