Yours is the pointy cap/rounded tail type, the second style. The first is rounded cap/square tail. Mules of the rounded cap/rounded tail or visa...
Coincidentally, I just got the specialized reference for this series and was hoping for a chance to take it for a spin. I agree with your initial...
These are all silver dirhems of the 'Abbasid dynasty. All bear the date and mint name in Kufic script. These are among the easiest of early...
I would assume they were some sort of token for internal use. Here is one from 19th century Germany. http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=178197
That type of incuse is most often seen in the archaic Thraco-Macedonian series and really does not go with the obverse. Certainly a fake, and I'd...
That would imply that winter must sometime leave Canada.
Sorry, but you're very far off. The first is a bronze fals of the Umayyad dynasty. Most of the others, however, looklike they are "widow's...
*Dupondii, but not always. In some periods, they shared the same basic size and weight as asses, but were struck in orichalcum while the asses...
How does this actually help? Are you always typing waste instead of waist? Seriously, I have my own list of autocorrected words.
One more thing. While in your hurry to avoid wasting your life online - a goal that I find admirable - be sure to stop and thank those who help...
Maybe it's not the best idea to criticize someone as wasting their life on the same thing you yourself are currently commenting on? Just a...
It is an issue of the Seleukid king Antiochos VII, struck at Jerusalem under the authority of John Hyrkanos I (Yehohanan). Below the anchor is a...
A very crude modern cast fake of a sestertius (or medallion?) of Lucius Verus.
The coin type itself is not rare and is probably one of the most common aurei of the emperor Nero. But to find it at a site like Vindolanda is...
How about something a bit more scarce? From modern-day Tanzania. [IMG] EAST AFRICA, Kilwa Sultanate. 'Ali bin al-Hasan. Late 5th century AH /...
A $25 bulk bag will consist of dirt-covered, valueless slugs. If you want any sort of quality, you need time, patience, and money.
THcoins, I've looked into this and sent you an email. With your permission, I'd like to post it in this thread.
I wish more people would recognize this. I don't work directly with the esales as much anymore, but those who do are quite dedicated to noting any...
This is wrong. CNG catalogs and takes responsibility for every coin they sell, excluding lots noted "sold as is," and even many of those. "The...
I resemble that remark.
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