Nice harpa. Now you just need a Groucha, Zeppa and Chica. ;)
[IMG] Vespasian. AD 69-79. Fourrée Denarius (18mm, 2.14 g, 7 h) Copying a Rome mint issue of AD 77-78. Laureate head right Pair of oxen under yoke...
Leave as is. The deposits highlight the devices nicely.
The star in this case is what is known as a "siglon," an internal mint control symbol. Numismatists have not yet deciphered the specific purpose...
Undoubtedly a very important coin. If you can properly identify the undertype, you can establish a terminus post quem for the entire series. But I...
Yes, tesserae are also tiles. And tokens. And passwords. And a number of other things. EDIT: rather, the word tesserae also carries those meanings
Watch out on the scarcer rulers and larger coins, but in general, the common Constantine bronzes, especially those from Western mints, are...
Another nice lead piece, John. You're getting there! I found this hemidrachm to be quite fetching:...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Yasgur I did get your email! I had completely forgotten about it.
If you name him Yazdegard, he could buy a little farm in New York and host concerts...
Have you gotten yourself a copy of Hartill's new book yet?
Great farthing! A mouse or rat appears as a subsidiary symbol on ancient coins of Metapontion and Rhodes. A desert mouse also appears on rare...
HAHA! I could swear that when I posted the prices weren't listed. There are effectively no differences between the two coins. Both are, in my...
Neither. I would wait for one with better surfaces. These do usually come porous, but you can still find a much nicer specimen.
These are all excellent questions. According to my model, most tesserae, this included, would have circulated as small-denomination coinage. I...
It is an issue from Edessa, probably of Elagabalus. The reverse legend reads MHTPO K EMICΩN/ ΠYΘIA. I can't find a variety with E E flanking the...
I goofed. There are actually four cited in Rostovtsev. I should dig up the other two citations and see if I have a good pedigree here.
There is a dedicated volume of Charlton for tokens. Get that.
On this sale, I got to work on the early electrum coinage from the Koppersmith Collection. It was probably one of the most enjoyable and...
A part of this can be explained by quality. I often see people say, "How can that coin sell for x?! I got one in the same grade for half that!"...
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