If that's a coin, looks like it's been ground down/flattened, then had characters reengraved with a chisel. (Not sure if those are part of any...
Great horse on the shield! That was the first thing I noticed. Also... is it just me... or does the left "Victory" look like it might be holding...
Another favorite Greek silver coin with a facing head... [ATTACH] Larissa AR Drachm (20mm, 5.68g), c. early 4th BCE = BCD Thessaly II 218 =...
Good catch! Yes, the caduceus definitely makes that Hermes w purse. Here's a example of your type with the corrected reverse:...
Wow, oof! This has been a reality check for me! I thought I was cutting back this year, but now that I count, maybe not so much.... My ACSearch...
And, it's a little hard to read, but Nikopolis on the reverse. Appears to be this type: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=2843126 Roma...
Thanks for sharing. The story links the Alexander Dekadrachm Hoard (here's a news story) that was dispersed at major auction houses a few years...
A scarce flip-over double strike. The reverse legend can be read on the obverse (back of Apollo's head): [ATTACH] Olympia, Elis AE Half Unit or...
All right, the game is active again! My favorite full figure on a Roman coin is probably this Zeus Labraundos, with his double-headed axe...
That is a great type! I would love to have spotted that one, but I don't have Drost so I wouldn't have known what made it extra special....
Here's a Probus that is primarily notable for coming from the collection of Richard J. Plant (1928-2020), the "Reverend of Numismatics" and author...
@Tony1982 -- I tried to check the reference and noticed something. I can't find any other examples or references with a draped obverse bust. Of at...
Fantastic set!
Very cool, thanks for sharing the photos. I "went to" (by Zoom) an ANS talk by Richard Beleson last October, who participated in the excavations...
Congratulations, that is a nice one! I'm not sure exactly how many Alexandrian I have now (maybe 30-40 or so, vast majority Tetradrachms, one of...
There's really no such thing as condition being "too good to be genuine." But I don't think anyone can confidently determine authenticity based...
I believe you can call this as an RPC of Commodus. It wasn't clear until the last photo, but I can read the following the legend on either side...
Interesting. There's a Commodus that looks similar: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/9754 The diameters for their 3 specimens are 38-39mm, and...
Here's my most recent Faustina Sr., a Sestertius that came in a CNG group lot a few months back. [ATTACH] From the WRG Collection. There's...
Does anyone know when the earliest Pudicitia reverse of this type was produced? Seems like it was used at least as early as the Adoptive Period,...
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