17.15 grams [ATTACH] 16.60 grams [ATTACH] [IMG]
Sorry, the first line of your post skipping by me. That's a nice, bold countermark.
Now that is a very interesting countermark and history! It would have slipped by me, with my extremely rudimentary knowledge of Aramaic and...
Going way out on a limb, could it be possibility that the circular, concentric designs on my follis, as well as the folles of ACH and Orange...
Yes, there are similarities with the reverses of the two folles. My coin is quite encrusted, so I cannot make a definitive die match. I like the...
Nice! I imagine his outfit was heavily decorated with gold and jewel ornaments, which would have made it quite heavy and not ideal for the beach....
Okay, it's not a coat, but rather a draped cuirass. But there is this pretty wild design on the shoulder. It's not a paisley but instead a...
That's a beautiful set of RR denarii! I guess the subspecialty for me are owls and their imitations. No real die matches here, with an exception...
Tied up for three months in US Customs detention. [ATTACH] Next: A scorpion or some other venomous critter!
Nice owl! I see what appears to be a Phoenician "nun", just below the eye. I'm not sure about the other graffiti. [ATTACH]
Banning the sale of "looted" coins would solve nothing. It is as if one were to command the ocean's tide not to come ashore. Over the centuries,...
Here is a Turkoman AE dirham depicting a centaur (Sagittarius) aiming an arrow at a creature emerging from his tail. Spengler and Sayles think...
A couple of things happened in 1815. This guy showed up from Elba, escaping from exile, taking the scenic route to Paris. Louis got wind of his...
Very nice patina and strike!
Thanks!
Thanks. That is an interesting question since the Aramaic and Phoenician mem are quite similar. I always thought that the Phoenician mem was...
Nice coin, Al, with really nice patina and centering. That is a great reverse! You can count on the provincial coinage to have some very...
While not one of those flashy mint state owls touted for their "5 out of 5" NGC ratings, or for their complete, nearly complete, or nearly nearly...
Actually, your owl might be a pi-style II. The outer tendrils flair way from the central tendril, a characteristic of the II style palmette. At...
Wax is a very old method used to fill in holes. I once had a 1 1/2 broad thaler, 1672, that had a hole at 12 o'clock filled with silver wax....
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