I guess I didn't post this one here yet. Possibly my most worn yet identifiable coin and the most worn coin that I've ever bought on purpose (I...
That's because it went unsold. They don't include them on their website archive if unsold. Which is terribly frustrating from the standpoint of...
To me it looks like some kind of an overstrike or possibly countermark (albeit a crude one). I looked in MacDonald's book on Overstruck Greek...
Unless I'm misunderstanding, Victor isn't your second example the same specimen as the OP coin? (Even the same photo, but color saturation is...
Whoa, nice Claudius II Tetradrachm! I've got a bunch of his Year 2 Tetradrachm types, but haven't added that one yet. I feel like I recognize...
The group lot I mentioned in the original comment just arrived, and I've photographed about 8 so far (of 24 total), concentrating on the Roman...
Not sure if that's asking for a 2nd Century BCE Roman Republican? Or a 2nd century CE Roman Imperial? If Republican, here's a Q Caecilius...
Wow, the OP coin is a really excellent example of this type
I don't think it's Lesbos, at least not the Koinon mint with boar fractions. I don't know if you have any, but those ones are billon and don't...
That's possible, need more samples of Forrer... But here is my probably George Muller writing sample. I see several similarities (captial G's, E,...
It certainly looks familiar. Mid-twentieth century. British. Possibly bought at Spink, 1941? With private price code? I wonder what/who P.T.O....
Quite the provenance, indeed! I love seeing collection histories like that. Some W. Niggeler coins were privately sold, but this one was indeed...
Thank you for the great information!
Part 2: Family "Museum" / "Stuff" ... My grandfather (KLJ, c. 1927-2021) grew up near Fort Henry, Tennessee and in the 1930s went around scouring...
I'm going to do two replies, I think... Part 1: Semi-numismatic (scale weights) Smaller (under 6g) than it looks! Don't remember why, but I...
My most recent one, I was planning to give its own post at some point, one of the most extreme die-clashes I've ever seen. It's rare for a...
Right, it's very well known that's where the French / American version of Liberty comes from. I'm sure the Roman coins also meant it in the...
Great Sri Lanka imitative fallen horseman! I love that type but don't have one yet. There's one on MA-Shops now, also a mirrored reverse...
Vitellius is one of those few Emperors who did not strike "captives" coinage or struck them in very limited numbers. Vitellius' only ones relate...
Here is a fun countermark coin from Troas Alexandria. Most of the five countermarks (Apollo, mouse, two lyres -- one incuse, one in relief --...
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