Exactly! I can't imagine that gold coins of any type, ancient or otherwise, often appear in Ebay group lots. I assume that it wasn't priced like...
Gordian III with wife Tranquillina, AE 26 mm., 241-244 AD, Thracia, Anchialus [Pomorie, Bulgaria]. Obv. Confronted busts of Gordian III right,...
Thank you, @eparch. That's one of the best fourrees I've seen. I assume that you're able to tell because the plating is a bit worn away in a...
Thank you, @akeady. Nice! I very much like the elephant biga, and don't think the photo is bad at all. I hardly ever see that type available....
Either a peanut or a violin, I think!
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That one will do just fine! I see that the elephant head on it seems to wear a bell too.
12 hour rule. Next, either (1) a Boeotian shield: [ATTACH] or (2) an ancilia, as in this coin with Juno Sospita in a biga holding an ancilia...
Does anyone have an example of any of the other Metellus elephant coins I mentioned in the OP, such as Crawford 263 (depicting a Macedonian shield...
A nice example of the Metellus, and I like the Bactrian coin, which I've never seen before. Yes, I do think that's a bell hanging from the...
I love the stereoscope viewer. Is it an antique?
That's a lovely example, @cmezner. The problem with studying the control marks is that I don't seem to be able to zoom in on the photo on my...
I think I'm developing an elephant habit, Roman Republican and otherwise. I couldn't resist this one, which becomes my 6th ancient elephant coin...
Wonderful finds as always, @galba68!
It's an officina mark: the coin is from the Gallienus zoo series, with a left-facing gazelle and the DIANAE CONS AVG reverse legend, produced by...
Great coins! I'm afraid that Frank isn't known for the high quality of his photography -- it's almost an inside joke at this point. I don't know...
Thank you, @Orfew But I'm sure he's written to the Cambridge University Press to complain about the following passage in this 2018 book, and to...
I don't think Brexit has had any effects whatsoever on shipments from the UK to the USA. I've received coins from the UK throughout the pandemic,...
Yes, it says he's the king of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, even though the last French possession of the British (Calais) was relinquished...
@Roman Collector, did you notice that the description of the coin says "Banti 19 (dies Exemplar)" -- meaning, I believe, that this is the same...
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