Yes, the hole does not go through the obverse. It is truly massive, about 5 mm wide and roughly 2.5 mm deep, and flat at the bottom - unusual....
I'm sure the coin does not have bronze disease. It's a nice coin. I would keep an eye on it. The less that is done to it the better. One...
I don't see any indications of a copper core, such as places where silver plating has fallen off. I would tend to agree that debased silver, with...
Egypt? Sabakes? 16.2 grams, 21.5 mm, 9 h. [ATTACH]
I've never seen a tetradrachm from Gaza for Caracalla before. As the hammer price indicates, it must be incredibly rare. I must say that it has...
Thanks. I appreciate the information. The coinage of Alexander III is so vast, it is quite difficult, sometimes, to identify the location for...
Yes, I've done the same thing. I attribute this behavior to my multiple personality.....
Yes, change the orientation, and some of these symbols become quite abstract. It seems that the mind is hard-wired to view objects in a pre-set...
Here's an earlier tetradrachm of Caracalla, from Antioch. Unlike the coin that I posted yesterday, this example is almost at the opposite end of...
Thank you. It never occurred to me that the symbol would be perpendicular to the figure of Zeus seated. It's interesting how the mind works.
There appear to be Arabic numbers on the reverse, 7 and 8: [IMG] Possibly an Arab or Indian coin?
Here's a coin dating back to the early 90s, purchased from a local coin dealer. I have looked high and low trying to nail down the mint for this...
Thank you, Doug. I will correct the label for this coin. I found this information online for Sear 230, Antioch: Some half-folles just indicated...
Earlier this year I posted a really bad image of a tetradrachm of Caracalla, Tyre Mint. Here are better images. The hair style is unusual....
Here's a coin that I got as part of lot of Byzantine bronzes last year. It is a half follis of Justinian I. What makes this coin different...
Last year, from Athena.
That's a really nice, well centered tet. Did you get this coin out of auction?
From the slightly unhinged mind that brought you Athena and the frog, now comes Athena and Nike (sort of). This is a tetradrachm that I picked up...
Still digging through the boxes. I came across this old purchase from Harlan Berk, back in the 1980s as I recall. Justinian I (527-565 CE)...
I agree. Coin shows are going the way of department stores, although I think the large venues, such as Long Beach, FUN, New York and ANA, will...
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