Oh, that reminded me! I checked and there's an RPC page for Howgego 552 here: https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/countermark/681 RPC calls Howgego "GIC"...
By the way, here's a fun countermark I haven't posted anywhere else yet. When adding to my countermark collection I usually go for Roman Imperial...
I would say your countermark NE is Howgego 552 (p. 213 & pl. 21) [link to excerpt and illustration]. He describes it as a countermark in the name...
@dougsmit , yours is Werz 39 (i.e., "Gegenstempel 39" on pages 100-101 of Ulrich Werz, 2009, Part II: Katalog). I don't read German well, but he...
It appears to be this coin: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/_2021-4038-1 [ATTACH]Milan mint. Obv: IMP GALLIENVS P AVG. Rev: P M...
Here's an interesting line from CNG's description (my emphasis added) of the OP hoard: "The complete contents of the hoard, save for a single...
Here’s a coin that went from being on the coast of the Aegaean (Ionia, Erythrae) to the coast of the Black Sea (Bithynia, Herakleia-Pontika) when...
They've sold a few really cool looking hoards with the vessels in the past. Not that I'm the kind of buyer who could ever spend 10s or 100s of...
I'd imagine that depends on the thickness of plating... With modern methods of (especially electroplating) the plating may be too thin to sustain...
Interesting! I've got a healthy number of Cilician Provincials, but I don't think I've ever had one from Augusta. (For the curious, RPC Online so...
I much appreciate the discussion of Probus' busts, mints, emissions, etc. Though he's a favorite of mine within RIC, Probus is just a small,...
Another risk... After one's had a taste, it can be really difficult not to eat a little bit of the coin. I've usually been able to limit myself...
Hekate is a fun one! I don't think I have any (not exactly, though, at a minimum, I've got some of the "overlapping" deities, and perhaps I'll...
Well, I'm glad @JayAg47 revived this thread or I would've missed all this. And yes, of course we're all familiar with the practices described by...
Those are great examples, and great post. I don't have a 5th (AFAIK) but I do have at least one 4th Em. of Lyons. It's actually my favorite...
Thank you!!
Fantastic example of that type, much better than the vast majority! I'm curious, does anyone know why it's identified as a "dove" not eagle? Is it...
Vespasian "Judaea Capta" AE As. As I've commented before, one of my favorite sub-collections is "barbarians, captives, and enemies" on Roman...
It's funny but I often feel exactly that way about numismatic literature. I remember an interview in which David Sear shocked the interviewer by...
Well, a lot of 12hr'ed coins lately! (Even 24hr'ed!) If I hadn't just done so a few round ago, I'd have posted my 12hr'ed New Style Athens as a...
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