Yes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KDm3zCvN4ao#t=23s Ditto?!
One is... gold?
I know it's not quite what you're looking for, but I am reminded of the curious way in which certain Tetrarchic bronzes represent the 9th...
The legend on your fourth coin reads [DIVO CLA]VDIO, whereas the issue of the deified Carus reads DIVO CARO PARTHICO
This is a coin of the deified Claudius II.
I learned Latin from an epigraphist, so I managed to pick up on a lot of these quirks. Just don't ask me to translate Livy. :rolleyes:
It depends. Post images and measurements of both coins.
For Roman Provincial, there is the impeccable monograph by Christopher Howgego (Greek Imperial Countermarks. London. 2003). That should be...
Ugh, here he goes again about those ugly little bronzes. I wonder if I can sell him an old booger and convince him that it's a rare issue from...
260/59 BC. I'd have to check, but it should be from: F. Duyrat. Arados Hellénistique: Étude historique et monétaire. Beirut. 2005.
The first is dated CY 193 (67/6 BC), as indicated by the Γqp at the top left. The second is dated CY 160 (100/99 BC), as indicated by the ΞP at...
Oh ya! I was going to do that if no one else had an answer.
Plus, there's the date Iζ in the reverse legend. ;) He's a great seller, very fun to deal with and talk to.
Ask and ye shall receive. This is the website of the guy who is working with Cathy Lorber on the forthcoming corpus of Ptolemaic coins....
Actually dated to TR POT XVI, COS VI. AD 112. Prieur 1516
Svoronos 974. Current scholarship dates this issue to the reign of Ptolemy III, likely struck at the beginning of his reign.
In an earlier thread, I'd told Rudi to check under Portugal. I agree with you!
Now where have I heard that suggestion before...? ;)
Most here are under the impression that countermarks detract from the coin. But, physically speaking, nothing is subtracted. In fact, additional...
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