Those are very interesting examples. Based on the weights, they appear to be drachm to obol. The Arabian imitations are expressed as unit and...
That might be true, or that recessed area is due to corrosion. There's a definite loss of detail. The rest of the portrait is very nice.
Agree
I really like the bust. It is very well modeled for this period. No, I haven't examined the under-type yet.
That's a really nice bust of Postumus.
Ah, I see. No the ingot is not mine, but the Nerva tetradrachm is. My apologies.
Here's a double sestertius that I picked up last year from Roma Numismatics. Postumus Æ Double Sestertius. Colonia Agrippinensis, circa AD...
No. I don't nearly have the shekels to buy something like that.
Okay, Next: the imperious look.
Here's a cast Roman ingot (1,461 grams). While not exactly a coin, it was used in transactions, I'm pretty sure. [ATTACH] How about that...
Thank you. I've focused on the imitative Attica tetradrachms because of their wide variation as well, in a historical context, of their...
I think you have a L I think you have a follis of Leo the Wise. Both coins are very nice examples.
I just want to expand on my view on cleaning coins, especially ancient coins. When I was young (a little bit of Jethro Tull) I began collecting...
I am advancing in years and I have not looked at my back for a long time, so there just might be a stripe running down it. However, my snores...
Thank you for that passage, and the image as well. I wonder what species that frog is a member of. My understanding is the brighter the color,...
He retired. Marc Breitsprecher bought his entire inventory.
Definitely! I think any attempt to clean this coin would be a big mistake. Thanks
I think, as you move along in collecting ancients, your interest becomes more focused. Seleukid coins, in all of their variety, is a good field...
I forgot to mention that this coin is from the inventory of John Jencek, San Mateo, California.
It is Tuesday night, the first full day of "shelter in place" order, the late winter night sky is providing much needed rain, and the music of...
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