[IMG] Tanit's symbol from wikipediaLong after the fall of Carthage, Tanit was still venerated in North Africa under the Latin name of Juno...
This from acsearch Roma Numismatics insists it is Tanit and not the Egyptian form anyway. Description Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio AR...
those are great coins! What is the eight rayed star wheel in the lower left of the first photo? It looks like a Pontus or Judean coin. Never seen...
Nice coin Pavlos. Love the snakes! Curious on the size? Here is a crude little coin but unusual and only a few dollars. Below is a better example...
Thanks RC, maybe you already told me that some months ago.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] She was a looker and it shows on the coin. Here is a bronze of her sister-in-law Crispina I believe. I read that she hated her...
Thanks Warren. I do feel that all these goddesses are interconnected, many have the triune aspect and the connection to the Tree of Life and the...
WOW- a rare beauty Andrew! RRRR! This one is still on the way from Europe. Only am leaning to a good provenance on these coins these days with...
@TIF - You are a humorous, generous and compassionate foundation of this ancients forum. Thank You!
Do yourself a favor, check out this RR denarius from a good numismatist- with lifetime guarantee and less than half the cost of these ebay fakes....
Well I was just looking for an inexpensive lot of Romans for a new class of students but could not resist a Lucius Verus with a Demeter reverse...
Yes, reverse like DR's and portrait like on mine. Snowfall patina. pretty little coin of the Caesar.
http://bargainbinancients.com/ https://www.vcoins.com/en/stores/david_connors-41/ancient-coins/Default.aspx? http://augustuscoins.com/Greek.html
nice provenance- cool coin Andrew. Here is an outlier of these Augustus assarions of Antioch. Forgot who here at CT wrote this note about it when...
[ATTACH] Ancient Coins - FAUSTINA - DUPONDIUS - MATRI - MAGNAE - OLD FRENCH COLLECTION - A/ FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA R/ MATRI - MAGNAE// SC . 11.41 g ;...
Funny- he just posted here on this thread! I don't think he is a shill working for these fake sellers if that's what you mean. I think he is only...
Amazing factory for sure. A fairly newish poster here on CT who is always making threads asking about fake ebay sellers etc. just posted a new one...
Yes, this method(the one I linked to) does tell you the density. This is not the same as the specific gravity test. You use the tweezers to lower...
Prepare to get a lot of answers on that question here! welcome to ancients on CT- they call the dark side. Coins have been counterfeited since...
Here is the method, you may lower the coin carefully in a graduated cylinder with a plastic forceps/tweezers. It will tell you the relative...
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