Baletium, a Messapian mint in ancient Calabria whose location is still disputed, had dolphins on their (exceedingly rare) coinage which is dated...
I think that those are two 8-pointed stars above the wolf - see image below. Seems to be pretty consistent on these issues (Courtesy VCoins)......
In my other collecting area, the (more recent) coinage of East Frisia, there was a silver 1 1/2 Reichstaler of Georg Christian (1660-1665) which...
I would echo the comments of others stating that there are always rare variants of common types, or rare provincial issues of which only one has...
Sigh... I still can't get over that Lanz keeps selling those fake Mark Antony legionary denarii.... I figure Lanz would have figured out by now...
Better than my recent experience. In an auction a month ago, I actually had the high bid, but was bidding through Biddr and the electronic signal...
Same goes for me. I usually double the hammer price to estimate what I will pay with bidder's premium and shipping for European and British...
I would agree. The Victoriatus (#1) would have fooled me if fake; like @SeptimusT I think it may be a genuine worn specimen. #4 (maybe) and #9-11...
ATG stands for Alexander the Great. Copper (Ae) coins with obverse Alexander as Herakles and reverse club and bow with Alexander's name in between...
looks legit to me as well. can't help out on the details though, not my area of specialization...
I would agree with the consensus that it is genuine, but I also agree that it's not Alexander but a later ruler. All the Alexander reverses I'm...
From a marketing point of view, it should simply not be worth the dealer's hit to his reputation to sell these types of coins. Mentally, I am much...
I would agree with @Harry G... looks like an official but badly corroded denarius of Severus Alexander...
Yep - definitely fake due to the poor style of the portrait on the obverse, for one thing...
Yes, style of the coin is definitely very odd but I think the forger was trying for a tetradrachm...
Nice coins! Makes me feel better that there were several genuine coins in the collection you purchased, and in good condition to boot.
Wow - I would agree with @Al Kowsky ... great detective work, @Andres2! Pretty much a die match on both sides, except for the filled in "S" and...
Looks like the earlier cast version rather than the later struck versions?
I agree that the coin does look weird by itself, but when you compare it to @Al Kowsky's example, the differences are pretty obvious. Nice coin,...
The Tacitus antoninianii I have seen are typically silvered. The coin in the picture looks more like it is solid silver rather than a silver wash,...
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