I agree, and I think any attempt to remove the horn silver, which appears quite thick might reveal corrosion underneath it, which would make...
Here's a mixture of artifacts and other objects of interest, including minerals and fossils (excluding myself). Roman bronze bull, crica 2nd...
That's a very attractive coin with excellent centering, sharp strike and on a broad flan, well above typical examples of this type. Congrats!
At that weight your coin is likely salvaged, but in very good condition nonetheless. I guess records of assayer names for Toledo during the...
That's a very nice coin with a nicely centered strike. The assayer is P with a small o above. This is a variety of the plain P assayer for this...
That's a very nice coin! I don't own an example and it is on my want list. I thought I saw one in a group lot a month or two ago, but that lot...
Northwestern Arabia, Lihyan Kingdom, imitation BI tetradrachm in the Athenian style, 2nd-1st centuries BC. From CNG eAuction 529, lot 348. 13.02...
I agree with the other posts - the coin is probably a fantasy. The weight is off for it to be a drachm (too high - closer to didrachm weight)....
Nice coin! This is about as detailed a cuirass that you'd see in a Byzantine coin, especially for a late Justinian I follis. Justinian I,...
Julia Mamaea, sestertius, Rome, 222-235 AD. VENVS GENETRIX S C. RIC IV.2# 704. 19.49 grams. [ATTACH]
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