New math? This does bring up a question. The tetradrachm was four silver drachms. The drachm was six obols which were struck in silver at one...
I can't say I'm all that fond of the lettering style but that could just be cleaning. I would hate to think someone took a rare Septimius and...
Tarsos (Balakros) AR stater 333-323 BC [ATTACH] Tarsos AR stater 334-333 BC [ATTACH] None of these cuts qualify for this thread but they are...
I find it interesting that neither of my fourrees have any sign of a test mark or c/m. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
And I thought mine had a lot of marks! [ATTACH]
I feel you are extremely lucky to have two shots in five years at a coin that only has five in private hands. I have a few coins that are rare in...
That is a very interesting coin even without the error. Did you win it from others who realized what it was or were they just bidding on a random...
We should mention that RIC authors of the various volumes used several different ways of deciding when to start over with the numbers so we should...
I have always had trouble with the concept that Alexander died and all of a sudden several mints started crossing the legs. There must have been...
The right side obverse legend is clear enough to read ALEXANDROS so it has to be Severus Alexander.
If you want a coin that actually passed through a person's hands, you might prefer a well worn coin to one in mint state. I might argue that a...
Thank you for the link. The Sinatrukes is one of my favorite Parthians because of the deer and the way the legend was cut using a drill. [ATTACH]...
I have no idea why but this is one of the most common and coolest of the recycles. The small overtype or large countermark (however you choose to...
Work on the photo technique and the coin may look better.
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See if the one below is a match to yours. I agree with Ryro's estimate closer to his low number. These tend not to be nice; it was a bad period...
I thought the letter was well done and addresses the concerns/interests of the CNG target audience (which is not me). Covid has pretty much ended...
When you use a slabber for ancients other than NGC, you should feel lucky that the coin is correctly identified and genuine. I do not pretend to...
Ion?
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