Wait, are you saying that's the same coin, before and after? Either I'm misunderstanding or I think there's been some kind of mix-up (i.e., those...
There are a few things wrong with this coin, as previous comments have pointed out, the clearest being the trident. This is, in fact, a...
I'd LOVE to have a Basiliscus Solidus, very cool!! Yup, definitely an obverse die-match. (The rev. looks like the same engraver.) They always...
Oh, that would be really cool, @Homer2 ! I don't recall seeing them on RIC coinage (I notice them all the time on Republican and, of course,...
Interesting coin and writeup! Was that the Antonine Plague? (Which ultimately killed Lucius Verus in 169 -- and possibly Marcus Aurelius in 180?)...
Well, after years of waiting, two in a month: Sear Byzantine Coins and Their Values "plate coins," both from Byzantine Sicily, of types I was...
I would definitely ask a jeweler/goldsmith to do it. Good ones will have steady hands like a surgeon & are used to working on small objects...
Yes, no question, that's Severus Alexander. (Note: you can read part of his name on the obverse legend "ALE" to the left of the head.)...
Here are this morning's provenance finds. Five new (to my knowledge) "plate coins" (plus others referenced in the same volume)... Two related...
Ah, yes, good idea to search Gegenstempel! In general, countermarks seem especially well-known & studied in German. (A few very good books on...
I don't think anyone's overlooking that they were currency and traveled. It's the reason why the country with a legal claim to patrimony is the...
I would feel very confident that it's the grain ear/"ear of corn" type. I love these Chersonesos Hemidrachms for the insane variety of symbols....
I understand what you're saying here, but it's worth keeping in mind a couple things: 1: Museums are the actors hit hardest by cultural patrimony...
What a lovely little AR fraction! Being an enthusiast of tiny Greek coinage, I always enjoy seeing tiny coins. Unfortunately I can't contribute...
Fascinating countermark collection! Your star & petasos one reminds me of one I posted above in the group photo of 3 coins (top left): Moesia,...
I think that was his point, though. That something is wrong when objects must be repatriated, for humanistic and institutionalist-legal reasons,...
Nice addition! Your references include Dane Kurth's (Helvetica) 2010 book Demos, The Personification of the People, which I have yet to take a...
Yup, that is indeed a Salton Collection envelope in Mark Salton's hand. Congratulations on a nice addition from a fascinating and important...
Great writeup, thanks for sharing! A good reminder of why live shows and coin clubs are so much fun (and educational, of course). Those Colosseum...
I have a countermark (sub)collection. Mostly Roman Provincial, some Greek, some Provincial countermarks on Imperial, one or two Byzantine maybe. I...
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