@Collect89-- great example and very nice metal! @rg3-- wow, fantastic assortment. Someday I'll try for an earlier type. @Terence Cheesman--...
Hmm. It looks Nabataean but there are several obverses with that style of portrait, each supposedly having an obverse portrait of the person in...
Hmm. It's hard to tell what is on the reverse. I wonder if taking pictures in various other lighting arrangements might help bring out some...
Big ol' congrats, Bing! Fantastic coin, very historic :).
Thanks, everyone! @Terence Cheesman, what a marvelous example of one of the earliest types!
What are the metal detecting laws and ancient coin export laws in those countries?
Hmm. Where were you detecting? The first coin is from Roman Egypt. Egypt was closed circulation for ancient coinage... finding them outside of...
Metal detecting finds, how fun! Learning to identify them is just as much fun, especially when you dug the coins up yourself :). Best to post...
That style of rarity rating is used in Roman Imperial Coinage. Some of those volumes date to the 1920s and so are often wildly outdated in terms...
Congratulations! Spectacular set :).
Thanks for that correction and insight, Doug!
Gorgeous!
FAC's Numiswiki has a concise definition. Also, what @kevin McGonigal said :D.
Nice post, Scooby! Great coins, everyone :) I have an as from a large group lot. It's not in great condition but it's still worth keeping....
Nice! I don't have a RIC 1... how about an Emmett 1? It's hideous, so avert your eyes if you have a delicate constitution :D. [IMG] EGYPT,...
Here's an interesting coin from Bizya. There are only ~8 in ACsearch, this one included. [ATTACH] THRACE, Bizya. Hadrian 117-138 CE Æ 24 mm, 9.5...
I don't recall seeing anything like it but it is distinctive enough that I'll remember it going forward just in case I stumble upon something...
The Pegasus alone is always reason enough to buy the coin :D. That it is a limes adds to the interest :).
I didn't remember either but have the book... yes, it's #45 on Berk's list. He calls the denomination a stater. Didrachm, nomos, stater......
Excellent, thanks! I've made the change (but still think it would be best if everyone refrained from having images in their sig link).
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