Oh. I was looking at the coin immediate above it in your OP :oops:. You're right, of course. Your coin's obverse is a match to the Roma coin......
Hmm, I don't know who the reverse figure is and doubt I can research it better than you already have. I don't agree about the obverse die match...
Who is the auction house? I would contact them and see if they will refund you. My experience with a few returns is that auction houses want...
The style is odd, this type of coin has many fakes, and I'm leery of it. Have you checked the various fakes databases for a match?
I'm waiting on another coin that fits with the theme. You know how it is here on CT... if you post something unusual then there is a run on them....
Fantastic! Nice afghan underneath too. Your wife is a yarnaholic, if I recall? Did she make that?
[IMG] LUCANIA, Velia 305-290 BCE AR didrachm, 17.5 mm, 7.3 gm Obv: Head of Athena right, wearing crested helmet, decorated with griffin; at left,...
It's a gorgeous coin. Congrats!
Fabulous acquisition, @Jwt708! Aren't provincials fun? :D Here's an assortment of pseudo-autonomous issues: [IMG] CAPPADOCIA, Caesaraea...
It’s a Judaean prutah.
I don't have an answer to your question but suspect it is as you said-- the moneyer advertising his ancestry. As for posting the currently for...
Bad style, signs of casting, underweight, poor metal. Fake.
Very cool, 7C!
[IMG] TROAS, Dardanos c. 450-420 BCE AR obol; 9 mm, 0.56 gm Obv: cock standing left Rev: cross-hatch pattern Ref: Nomismata 3, 303; Demeester 98;...
[IMG] EGYPT. Alexandria. Trajan AE drachm, 32.3 mm, 19.8 gm Regnal year 14 (110/11 CE) Obv: AYT TPAIANC EBΓEPM∆AKIK; laureate bust right, with...
[IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Aquilia Severa year 5, CE 221/2 tetradrachm, 23.5 mm, 11.57 gm Obv: draped bust right Rev: head of Zeus Ammon right; L-E...
That's a nice group for twenty bucks! The third coin alone is worth more than that :). The third coin is Greek, from ~4th-3rd century BCE...
What a fun story! Looking forward to more posts :). Welcome to CoinTalk!
Reverse legend is probably ΠΤΟΛEMAIOY BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ. Regnal year is to left (LIH); ΠA in right field.
o_O Perseus?? Looks Ptolemaic to me and the weight is in line with later Ptolemaic tets.
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