Many nice VOTA coins have been shown. I have a site on VOTA coins: http://augustuscoins.com/ed/VOTA/ with several sub-pages including one on VOT...
Mithradates II was king from 123-88 BC. That's a long time and his portraits changed over time. I have Sear 24, 26, and 28. I wonder if the...
Byzantine coins have a wide variety of mintmarks. Here is one that is fun: [ATTACH] This is a large (33-32 mm) year 13 (XIII = 539/540)...
Here is an example from year 4, his final year: [ATTACH] PM TRP IIII COS PP (year 4) Struck 238 before April [BMC] BMC 219 Sear 8314 (no photo)...
Another restitution example [ATTACH] DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER type restored under Titus, IMP T VESP AVG REST 27 mm. 12.36 grams. Dupondius. Sear I...
I reconfirm what the others have said. It is a tourist reproduction, i.e. fake.
I revised my OP page on Byzantine coin reference works. @Suarez gave a good suggestion which I included and I thought of a few more books to...
Collecting is a hobby of the mind. Ancient coins are just artistic pieces of metal if you know nothing about them. However, they are fascinating...
These are not parallel concepts. One is fake ancients. The other is ancient fakes. Fossil forgeries are modern fakes of old things. Fourrees are...
Some coins of Tacitus are very nice: [ATTACH] 22 mm. Tacitus, 275-276 IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG CLEMENTIA TEMP, Δ, XXI in exergue RIC 210 Antioch....
@lrbguy , I will consider your point, and that of @Severus Alexander too. My paragraph at the end of...
[ATTACH] Byzantine emperor Justinian II, 685-695 and 705-711. 20-nummia piece struck on a quarter of the flan of a larger follis. 24-16 mm. 3.23...
The OP coin has beautiful even dark toning. If the toning is somehow removed, it will no longer be "even" and it is highly unlikely to remain...
I recommend wrapping it in a towel or rag so it doesn't drop on the floor.
I write web pages for beginners http://augustuscoins.com/ed/numis/ and other collectors http://augustuscoins.com/ed/ A topic that comes up is...
Photos 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 are surely of fakes (Photo 10 goes with 1). 2 and 3 are of a very worn coin with some corrosion. It is possibly...
Here is a thread on one of the most careless strikes ever: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/byzantine-double-strike.302756/#post-2850141...
[ATTACH] Titus as Caesar, 73 AD. 18-17 mm. Only 2.76 grams. IMP T CAESAR COS III, c/m on neck. IMP VES, with some letters ligate. AVGVSTAE PACI,...
Fakes. Sorry!
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