Some of your questions may have been answered in this: R. Barkay. “The earliest Nabataean coinage” in NC 171 (2011).
The Class 2 coins really jump out to me as being stylistically divergent from Class 1. As Chris alluded to, it is the average of the weights that...
Can you get us better pictures on the first one? The angle makes it a bit difficult to see.
This thread is definitely going to get shut down. TOTALLY WORTH IT.
The technical term used in classical numismatics is "ithyphallic" [IMG]
I sat here thinking, "I wonder what Steve will conquer in today's auctions." This was exactly the coin I expected you to go after.
Just to be different, I have to suggest a completely different attribution for the first coin. I seem to see a Persian script on it, which...
I don't see any. I think Helena just has some sharply engraved hairstyle on this Trier issue.
Rust never sleeps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI-7zATi43E
Try looking under Iran.
Very good for common formats and citing one reference at the time. When you get to do a thesis, you'll want something a bit more powerful.
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Some of the folks in my office get together on lottery tickets once every few months. I always throw in, not because I entertain the remotest hope...
I don't agree with their pricing and would never buy from them, just pointing out the facts. :) But I do think that proper cataloging can add...
CGB has a very high overhead, and thus high prices. Everything they sell is beautifully over cataloged and presented in a rather attractive fixed...
Namely that 35 is a gold tremissis and yours appears to be bronze! Particular designs were widely used in Merovingian coinage, and a type match...
Nice coin, but Mitchiner isn't such a great reference for these. Maybe Medoraman will be kind enough to look this up in SNS? Btw, I checked the...
Very nice! This actually appears to be one of the few bronzes that are definitely attributable to Alexander's lifetime. Tarsos mint, struck circa...
Merovingian bronzes are exceedingly rare. I haven't seen many, but the ones I have look very different from this piece. Do you have it in hand yet?
You'll never get interested that way, unless you somehow miraculously develop an appreciation for Arabic calligraphy. The only way to become...
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