An update for steve-meister's follow: I checked the specialized reference for this period, Money of the Incipient Byzantine Empire. The authors...
Its an octopus that doesn't like that coin. :)
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Most of the Arab copies are actually quite well done. The really crude ones are mostly from a "Pseudo-Damascus" mint, operating in Syria in the...
More likely a very crude example of a follis of Constans II.
This is the perfect coin to get for anyway looking for a bit of ancient gold. They are attractive, interesting, old, and, above all, very...
I actually bought two coins from him recently. They were listed at $795 and $650, respectively - several orders of magnitude more than they are...
While doing some research on another coin I stumbled across this lot that sold back in 2012: http://www.acsearch.info/record.html?id=582728 So...
The Augustus denarius (the silver coin) was struck at the Pergamum mint in 27 BC. The reverse depicts the corona rostrata: a laurel wreath...
May be showing both sides would be helpful...
Something like one of these. It is actually a very poorly published series. You will never be able to read the obliterated reverse inscription,...
Your coin is probably either Augustus or Tiberius. Note the swirl of the hair, and that the head appears to be bare. What is the size? The...
There. Right there. I learned something new. Thanks! Your mint list hasd the potential to be very useful to me. I am always frustrated by the...
19th century Iran
I gave myself "Solid knowledge of Latin," having gotten to the 300s in college. But then again, I've forgotten so much it might be better to say...
Don't consider it a mistake. Most people aren't even aware of the existence of branch mints during the reign of Claudius. Nice coin, btw.
I'm surprised - I think NGC graded this one spot on. It's a very attractive VF, though, and a good addition to any collection.
Not Rome! This is one of the Claudian bronzes struck in the Iberian peninsula. http://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-western-mints-of-claudius.213506/
Ch VF, 4/5, 4/5 They've grossly overgraded everything I've seen in their plastic lately.
That's an extremely generic coat-of-arms. Most heraldic eagles have some attributes to distinguish them - crowns, hammers, swords, etc. I don't...
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