Yes but a 1600+ year old counterfeit. A very common thing to find when dealing with Roman coins.
http://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/barb2/ should help explain what they are. It's a site maintained by @Victor_Clark . Though I suppose yours...
Most definitely a contemporaneous imitation, but of which emperor I do not know.
She sounds crazy as the day is long. This is what I think of when an owl approaches the million dollar mark. [ATTACH]
I would expect retail for the coin to be $700 to $900, Epiphanes is popular with collectors.
Antiochus IV minted in Antioch on the Orontes SC 1397
Just opened mine. Quite impressive. [ATTACH]
So close. Great additions!
[ATTACH] https://www.ebay.com/itm/Only-Complete-Strike-of-Athena-ATTICA-Athens-Circa-449-413-BC-Tetradrachm-XF-/183169839891 Of course no...
[ATTACH] Great Persecution 305 to 313 AD Nicomedia mint AE Quarter nummuus Obvs: DEAE SANC CERERI, veiled and draped bust of Ceres left, holding...
Yes it is a commemorative type but I have not seen a scepter like that before, looks more like a trident. Perhaps i haven't looked hard enough?...
Whaaaaaaa. I can't believe it. I'm downloading them all now before they change their minds. :D:D:D
[ATTACH] Valentinian I Mint: Siscia 364 to 367 AD AE 3 Obvs: DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG Revs: GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor holding labarum and dragging...
[ATTACH] Theodore I Mint: Nicaea Billon trachy 1208 AD Obvs: Christ enthroned holding Gospels. No asterisk Revs: Theodore holding scepter...
[ATTACH] Seleucus I Mint: Antioch 312 to 280 BC Obvs: Apollo laureate right with long hair. Dotted border. Revs: BAΣIΛIEΩΣ ΣEΛEYKOY, Athena...
[ATTACH] Romanus I 931 to 945 AD Mint: Constantinople AR Miliaresion Obvs: IhSЧS XRIStЧS nICA, Cross potent on three steps with cross beneath. At...
Many Seleucid coins have tong mark's like the one shown here at 11 o'cock from Alexander II. This could be an indication of holding heated flans....
I only know of these types from Spain. I don't have one. [ATTACH]
Double P [ATTACH] Philip I Philadelphos 88 to 87 BC Mint: Antioch AR Tetradrachm Obvs: Diademed head of Philip right within fillet border....
For 92.88 :jawdrop: That's a steal. A billon trachy can cost more than half that price. I would have bought it too. [ATTACH] Alexius I/...
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