Thank you. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to buy this coin back in the late 1980s, when a group entered the market. Harlan Berk had a...
Nice write-up! I especially like your crab and octopus AE's. The cities of Sicily have, without a doubt, produced some of the most artistic...
The OP coin is a replica, no question. Here's what a genuine example looks like, purchased from CNG many a moon ago. 14.32 grams [ATTACH] If...
Here's a reshoot of a coin that I've posted in the past, a tetradrachm of Lucania, Thurium, 443-440 BC. 15.47 grams [ATTACH] The bull is...
I was able to locate my first sestertius, at least based on my cob webbed memory. This coin came by way of a coin show in San Jose or Santa...
Thanks. I examined the coin for any signs of a radiate crown, and found none. When the coin arrived I think it weighed in the neighborhood of...
I would be inclined to agree, but on the reverse of my coin Fides is clearly holding something up with her right hand, and it appears to be a...
Thank you all. For comparison, here is a sestertius with the Fides reverse (not my coin): [ATTACH] Yes, the color was better. There was a...
That's a really nice portrait of Faustina II, an excellent start!
Yes, your coin has a particularly nice patina. Nice coin!
Here's a coin that I have posted before, but today I worked on it some more, for the last time, I think, in an effort to "improve" its appearance....
Thank you. You have some interesting questions. The reverse is, as you observed, is of a much higher level of die engraving compared to the...
So, likely a contemporary forgery (or imitation). Thanks!
Thanks. There does appear to be some light corrosion on the reverse, probably visible if you enlarge the image. The coin came to by way of a...
Here are two more coins while touring the boxes today. The first coin appears to be unlisted in RIC, at least around the time I acquired it, back...
In keeping with the Good Friday/Easter theme, here is a shekel of Tyre, year 138 (12-13 AD). Obverse: Melqart facing right. Reverse: Eagle...
That's a really beautiful coin, definitely a cut or two above what is normally encountered. Did your coin come out of an auction?
Very nice examples! He was an obsessed man, to say the least. Here's a somewhat eroded sestertius of his, featuring Asclepius and serpent on the...
The trucks that they used, done up with ancient Egyptian decorations, look like amphibious vehicles.
Yes, and considering the expenditure involved, it reminds me of the celebration of the Shah of Iran, marking the 2,500 years since the founding of...
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