A Perseus tetradrachm (or drachm, or stater)? Common, but $$$.
I'll get back to you on the second Alexander type tetradrachm. I'll have to actually look that one up the old-fashioned way, in a book. *gasp!*
Sear is fairly useless now for dating and extremely limited for general attribution. Better references: Kroll 16; SNG Copenhagen 63. I would...
Yes, but a few corrections. First of all, Alexander III was long dead in 317 and was never a ruler of the Seleukid Kingdom. I would catalog this...
I'm getting that on the "state of the ancient coin market" thread. I can get into the thread if I sign out of my account.
I get to see the market from a different perspective than most here. From where I stand, it seems that rarities and true high-quality coins are...
If you were to bid on one coin in today's auction, it should have been that one. Congratulations. You will find that it is much, much better in...
Le Mans mint if you were wondering.
^ That. Exactly that. It felt like they jumped ten feet in the air after every snipe!
Doug, you are somewhat correct. There are a few that are comparatively expendable - mostly anepigraphic types with run-of-the-mill deities...
Its an anonymous dirhem of the Almohad (al-Muwahhidun) dynasty of North Africa. Circa AD 1160-1269. I have one myself:...
Thank you all for your wonderful advice. Many of you have confirmed what I was initially considering doing. So it's decided - I've set bids on all...
The monogram should roughly represent EMERITA.
I know there was a thread around here, but I can't seem to find it. PM Doug. 454-404 BC
Latin with diacritics? WEAK ;)
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Since Cointalk members were indispensable in the identification and attribution of these coins, it might be a nice idea to donate some of the...
That would be ALL of them! There are very rare coins, with very few duplicates on the market (or in collections, for that matter).
Like I said, they are all in roughly the same grade with NO duplicates.
It's assumed that you ALWAYs are on alert! But for the purposes of this exercise, they're real.
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