There were many different Mithradates including several from Pontus and different men with the same names in Parthia. The coin here is...
I forgot to mention: I do like the OP coin. Did you note the strange style of the letter A it uses consistently on the reverse? The obverse...
Claudius is one of those guys that offers enough variations of style that it is hard to pick one to represent all. During his reign, the...
I have shown this Parthian drachm of Mithradates II only tonight noticed the finial on the neck of the portrait. I assume this is a torc or...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalerion I believe we have a transliteration issue. We have a sword flanked by two mythological birds.
When IDing 4th century coins it is wise to start with the reverse and see who issued that particular type. You will still have to separate some...
I agree that this is as good a choice for a coin of its century as I can imagine. Yes, it would be nice to have bold legends because the letter...
Very nice.
This is Constantine I from Trier. The Sol type was long obsolete before Constantine Jr. became Augustus in 337.
In early times, Sparta had no coins but there are coins from later periods starting about the time of Alexander the Great (long after Sparta...
I believe that is one of the earlier Rome mint styles. There is an earlier one where the portrait is more like Nerva. [ATTACH]
I'm not a big fan of Trajan coins due to so many having ordinary reverses but there are several different portrait types that can be collected....
YOC is 100% correct about trying dropping the light angle and how that could improve details. However it could also increase surface texture...
Good job. At the top of the head I see a bump about where the laurel wreath would be. I doubt on a coin this worn you will ever find an ID we...
I suppose the next step is to find a copy of Roman Provincial Coinage volume II or Howgeo's work on countermarks. I own neither. These might be...
Yes. Did CNG mention the C/M or did you see that?
It is never that easy. Auto exposure cameras try to make everything a medium gray and this works fine when the subject is made of various middle...
My guess would have been hemiobol. When my book arrives, I'll see what it says unless those smarter than I who bought the books first look it up...
Opinion: I've met two kinds of coin collectors. One wants rarities and is blown away by such things as the 1933 $20 gold and the 1913 V nickel....
My foam tubes are slightly shorter than the dowel (about 1/2") but I don't see this as critical. I have discovered that the tube is really not...
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