This was a Roman Republican silver coin which was used to trade with the Magna Graecian colonies in Southern Italy. In fact, several types were...
I like the carnelian scorpion intaglio... I have one like that as well ;)
Awesome find and cleaning job - congrats!
Style seems fishy to me as well, but like many others, this isn't my area of expertise.
Most of them are nummi, or AE3s. The small ones are AE4s. Others may have more updated nomenclature; I still remember LRBs based on size.
All of these coins are late Roman bronzes except for the 2d coin top right, which appears to be Greek. Too difficult to ID with the blurry images...
You beat me to it, @Clavdivs ! I was going to post this great little coin of Caracalla showing a galley reverse which I recently won at auction...
Likely a limes denarius?
I liked the 1809 Guadeloupe sou that was overstruck on an As of Hadrian (Lot 674). We have had numerous threads about ancient coinage which was...
Here's an obvious fake from the rather rare Magna Grecian city of Hyria/Orra in Calabria. I was able to later remove the verdigris (these are the...
Here are a ton of semis fakes from Brundisium, each with a different patina but with exactly the same obverse and reverse. I bought one of these...
Entry post: I appreciate both @lordmarcovan's and @Mountain Man's altruism with this contest. And what better coin to give away than the best of...
Hello JenM, looking at your coin and the second coin you posted, the two appear to be obverse and reverse die matches. While that doesn't...
I think the wear on the coins could indicate that they were in circulation well after the period that they were minted. It is conceivable that...
It doesn't look cast to me either.
not cast, just extremely worn. Looks ok to me.
Yeah, like some of you I've seen what ChatGPT can do and I'm not thrilled. While it is pretty scary how closely AI can mimic posts (and hackers...
Ciao Marco, yes I did receive my copy. Grazie!
Congratulations! Beautiful coin with great detail!
You make a strong case for your coin being genuine. At first glance, I would agree it is genuine as well.
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