The mint is Sardes (in Lydia), ca. 319-315 BCE. The original listing when it was sold at Heritage Auctions (your coin) had it as "Price 2664"...
It's very interesting to learn that these ones were for the 900th Anniversary. I was aware of some of the other Emperors' coins for the Lvdi...
That's a heck of a coin in many ways. I didn't watch that auction (I started watching all the Leu's with sale #6, "Kleinkunst"), but this is a...
Great coin, congrats! Parthian bronzes are difficult to find no matter, but especially attractive ones like this. (Really cool eagle reverse type...
One suggestion: get a copy of Sear's Greek Coins & Their Values &/or some of the popular Greek books by G.F. Hill & other authors (like Head or...
... Continued... Not all Republican Denarii used control symbols at all. But this period has great ones -- maybe even the "golden age of the...
This issue came with an impressive variety of different obverse control symbols -- it appears there are several hundred obverse control symbols...
That's great information, thank you for sharing. I was just reading an article that recommended exactly this procedure and I thought to myself,...
Well done! I wouldn't have expected it to turn out so well.
Ah, yes, I recognize that collection now that I see your forum gallery! (Good idea to link to your profile here, I will have to remember to do the...
This is a great topic and a great post! Late Byzantine is far from being my main focus, but the history of numismatic knowledge is my favorite...
It’s hard for anyone to know exactly what’s going on, but honestly, what you’ve said does not make the seller sound scammy to me. They responded &...
If it's only been 10 days or so, there's still plenty of time for it to show up. Your opportunity to file some kind of dispute won't expire in...
Wow, it's especially great that Côte listed the collection number, since the coin was not in the Pozzi sale (Naville Ars Classica I, 4 April...
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