Greek writing - definitely provincial, probably eastern Europe - I used to be good at these when we had a flood of similar types about 20 years...
I guess these are true mysteries!
When I am able to find a really nice coin it is always wonderful waiting for it, opening up the package, admiring the coin, checking it off,...
I have not seen good results with Jax. The British metal detecting organization has a terrific site on coin patination but the methods involve...
Your post is precisely why I like this site so much and really enjoy posting - I wish I had more time since I have more articles planned...
I really wish I could go back and correct these typos! 1:40am not PM and a bunch of others -
These are terrific - I have been tied up on work but will respond - Oddly enough I would have been more happy with my coin without the ghostly...
Roma Seared????? Give me a break!
Let me add again that this is a GREAT find - I printed out a copy of this for my family of Septimius scrapbook. If you check out ACSEARCH.info...
I would keep trying to find a match - maybe the British Museum has more examples - I assume you tried matching up the bust details and the...
Is there a good online database of these types? I have what I think is a litra, with a radiate portrait of a goddess, and the letters "OMONO" on...
Well he built the baths of Caracalla. Went to the second largest city of the empire - Alexandria - and slaughtered the youth and semi sacked the...
It must have been about 2012 - but that's a guess. I used to print out his ebay photos and descriptions and have notebooks filled with them. The...
Perfect and so much appreciated - the first coin had no resemblance to anything I had ever seen and the second also had defeated all of my...
A couple of years ago or so go I was amazed to receive instant answers after posting coins on this forum for attribution assistance. I could not...
I just found a very rare coin in a group lot - the coin is from a city that was discovered in 1978 in Caria. The city is called Kranaos, the...
Illium Troy - very nice one too - I think the reverse is upside down - check it out on the Wildwinds site
Some months back i purchased an example of the Geta sestertius with the VOTA PUBLICA reverse - I posted it because of the tooled reverse -the...
Stunning! I thought I had owned one of these purchased from Kirk Davis
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