Antiochos IV from unattributed Easter mint. No available image of your coin but very close to this one. There is one spike on yours to identify it...
There are a few things on the OP that make me think it is a cast, particularly the odd seperation vertically down Agrippa's face. Weight is not...
This one sold for almost $300 on eBay by silverdenar and apparently fooled a lot of people. [ATTACH] This seller and ancientground have been...
That is a good one. I've seen some nice ones in the past but never got one due to other targets. [ATTACH]
Yes I see it on the reverse particularly around the eagle's head and in the oY before the beak. But it is so slight I wouldn't think to mention...
I should have been clearer, I did NOT get that type. I would put it in the same level as the above however.
I will show it. Before I get everybody's hopes up it is a 20mm coin not the 27+ mm variety that some may be thinking about. I was pleased to get...
I would have bid on that one this morning but I purchased a horse/anchor of Seleukos Thursday which ate up my budget. Glad you got it. Already...
[ATTACH] Mysia/Pergamon regal coinage 2nd c. BC Obvs: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet with griffin Revs: ФIΛETAIPOY, bow. 13mm, 1.6g...
My understanding of FDC is a term applied to a more or less perfect coin. A newly minted ancient coin is not automatically categorized as such...
Those are late Roman, not Byzantine .
Somebody is making good money peddling these. I would venture it is made with a press. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I have mine listed as an unpublished variety, but have no notes as to why? But mine is heavier than most. [ATTACH] Cilicia, Hieropolis/Kastabala...
I'm still unsure of this one. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Demetrios II, FIRST REIGN Mint: Nisibis 146 to 139 BC Obvs: Demetrios with short beard right. Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTPIOY NIKATOPOΣ,...
Looks like he may be using a scanner. [ATTACH] 22mm 8.3g
Those are great. Ecbatana has always been high on my want list.
Not at all, it improved it a lot. Honestly these cup coins are harder to do than a flat coin. Maybe one day I will become a halfway decent...
I made a jig that allows me to make aligned images while the coin is rotating. Take a lot of photos then use a program to make a gif. Right now it...
By doing this I learned I need to work on lighting and more important I need to do focus stacking. Other improvements I make are just going to cut...
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