I've seen one on Wildwinds, never come across one for sale... [ATTACH]
I got me one of them Rai stones at the Baltimore show. [ATTACH]
It's not just you. I have the impression that a bubble at vcoins has been deflating since January. Quite a few coins that I've looked at for years...
Lovely!
You might reconsider if you saw them in hand. I don't think any of those coins are more than 9mm in diameter.
It's RIC VIII 129. All issues are considered scarce. RIC does not break down rarity values by officina for this series.
It looks like a modified bust of Otho. All the engraver did was pull the back of the jaw down to square it out and lengthen the nose.
Sorry, that wasn't my coin, just an example I grabbed off vcoins. The mint is readable, but he's got the reverse rotated so that it sits at 10...
It's a nice, youthful portrait, full legends and well-struck reverse. A very nice coin all around. Don't clean it too much, but just a little sand...
She's easy to mistake for Columbia, but the double-headed eagle on the shield is a traditional German coat of arms dating back to the Holy Roman...
Thanks Bruce. I found two of the most iconic types on eBay in XF-AU, and sniped them for a song. They were shipped today. I'm not sure why people...
I still have to go with Hawaii. The commem is even rarer than the 83, less than 10,000 struck. It's tough to find those coins in any grade, not to...
AE3 refers to the size, around 20mm, 3.5g, give or take a few. The alphabet is Roman, not Greek. It can look unfamiliar to modern eyes because the...
It's a votive issue of Constantine II from the Siscia mint. Here's a coin in better condition for comparison. [ATTACH]
The bronze does not carry any silver. I have not completed a metrology of the coins of Aretas IV yet. The different sizes were minted at the same...
The 1883 Hawaiian half, or the commem? If it's the 1883 half, that's the one that I would get. It's the most interesting coin to me, from a...
That little Syrian ram with the crescent moon is found on the famous "Star of Bethlehem" coins, which get hyped and overpriced as Biblical coins,...
I'm sorry to be so verbose, but if you post a Nabataean, you're going to get a lecture, as this is one of my major collecting pursuits. I'm not...
Steve's coin comes much later in Aretas IV's output. The OP coin and the six I posted are dated to the early part of his reign. The series began...
And it's a very respectable example of the type. There are a seemingly endless number of varieties among these minute bronzes of Aretas IV. It...
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