If I can get a better photo than the one from my camera phone I will.
I have decided I need to authenticate a coin, an Athenian Didrachma. In looking up the authentication of ancient coins I have discovered that NGC...
Looking at another coin I have is one I purchased at a show about 30 years ago which I am wondering if it might be one of those lost wax copies. I...
Early copy by Seljuk Turks?
Thanks. That link was very informative, and a bit scary.
Would that tend to make the inscriptions someone fuzzy? I noticed that the word "BASILEOS" was difficult to read and if I had not know what the...
Thanks. I had not noticed these marks before. The reverse seems to show marks at 3 and 9 o'clock. The one at 9 o'clock partially obliterates the...
Thanks, again, by the way the coin is 19-20 mm. The purchase was made with both me and the seller realizing something was odd about the coin. That...
Yes, that is the type of coin. Mine is exactly the same, but of silver, not gold and 3.7 grams. What I was wondering is, if there is any evidence...
Yes, what does this do to possession of these coins within the USA? Do they become contraband, unlawful for private citizens possess?
I have recently acquired a coin purportedly of Pyrrhus. The coin is moderately worn and non ferrous. It seems made of silver and weighs 3.7 grams....
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