If the story is accurate I agree that not all of the Thirty Pieces was composed of Good Melkart shekels on the Tyrian scales. Considering what was...
Thanks. I just perused the article for the period we are considering. It does seem from these finds that Roman coinage was so,unusual, as to be...
Perhaps, but few of the inhabitants in that region could have read and would have had no idea what the inscription actually said. Something like...
Yes, this has the option of being so similar in weight and fineness of the imperial denarii that they easily could have passed as one to people...
This is hardly a new topic and it has been addressed here before. The common consensus is that it was a denarius of Tiberius, the reigning emperor...
I think that's the same as mine except that yours is heavier by some five grams. Maybe the local version of the dupondius.
If you do decide to clean them, may I make a suggestion? Since you have so many, try several methods on groups of, say three each, with some...
That's why I put it out here. We have some pretty savvy members, some of whom have access to sources not normally available.
Considering the contrast that the desert patina provides I'd be reluctant to do much on anything except to lightly brush off the coins with a...
So did I. Niagara University, right across from Ontario. At the time the exchange rate was pretty close to par so US and Canadian money passed at...
Most of us have Roman Provincial bronzes in our collections and most of these are from Eastern mints, usually, but not always with inscriptions in...
That's exactly the kind of authentication I am looking for. Does Harlan Berk do shows on the East Coast?
Precisely. When I purchase a slabbed ancient, the first thing I do when I get home is break it open. I keep the documentation for the coin and...
What was their silver content compared to the contemporary issues of denarii?
Thanks a lot for this information and site and I will post the coin in the other thread. That about sums up my coin collecting as well. I bought...
At the request of well known member Ed S. I am posting this coin which appears in a thread, today, on Alexander the Great and a control or mint...
Yikes, a lot of different versions. Does a Price Type 6 always come from the mint of Amphipolis? Looking at my coin at this magnification it looks...
I took those images in artificial light but with the sun out now I decided to take some again in natural light to get the toning more in line with...
I recently acquired this coin as it appeared well struck with a nice old cabinet patina. It weighs in at 17.0 grams. The folder says "Lifetime...
Well, not quite the same thing. I did not lose a $400 coin but I did lose $400 plus purchasing an ancient coin that turned out to be phony. I...
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