Definitely Semitic. There are a few similar countermarks listed by Howgego, but this does not match.
Your snake is much more elaborate than my simple serpent: [IMG] ROME. 1st-3rd centuries AD PB Tessera (18mm, 2.58 g, 12h) Fortuna standing left,...
Khusro II. AW (Ohrmazd-Ardaxšīr) mint. Dated RY 25 (AD 615/6)? The dates are difficult to read in hand, and your scan isn't doing me any favors....
The radiate crown was the giveaway. :)
Records of all auctions back to the early 2000's are available here: http://www.cngcoins.com/Coins_sold.aspx I usually search in CoinArchives...
This is why I don't use Wildwinds often ;)
Yes, a dupondius of Marcus Aurelius with Mercury on the reverse. Should be RIC III 1043, as here: http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=46262
I'm surprised. These problems would be total deal breakers for me.
There are lead medallions. They're quite rare, but do come on the market every decade or so. Yours, however, is just a bad fake.
There are a few major flaws with this article, all originating from a general misunderstanding of the coinage of Kilwa. For starters, the dates of...
... so let's see some coins with Magna Mater (Cybele). [IMG] ROME. 1st-3rd century AD PB Tessera (18mm, 4.11 g, 12 h) Cybele riding right on...
They were "tesserae" and "tesserae nummariae." I have found nothing to firmly connect the leaden coin-like objects with the word tessera....
In the first passage, the word is "tessera," and is translated as ticket. Seut. Aug. 40.2: The second passage refers to "tesserae nummariae,"...
Even if it was known that Aretas did engage in largess, there would be no evidence to show that this was the gift. Seutonius discusses the public...
So, to summarize his argument: - Aretas already issued "silver" coins in bronze - the types differ from those of the silver and bronze coinage...
If you're starting to get into ancients, you're lucky to be in San Francisco. The Bay area has one of the best ancient coin clubs in this country....
Many who write about "emergency coinages" imagine some drastic event limiting the supply of the metal, most often military activity. No one seems...
Test strikes in lead are known from the medieval and (I believe) the Roman period. Most lead issues of the Greek period that are called test...
Do go on. If you can convince me that these are not coins that just happen to be struck in lead, I will buy you a drachm. ;)
Doug - I think I have the book, but I have no coins of the area and have thus not had a chance to use it. I'll have a look through tonight. You...
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