It depends. Some coins over the ages were commonly holed, so quite a few end up repaired (plugged professionally or by an uncle in his garage)....
Yes, the characters seem rather makeshift, unlike another eastern owl that I have. This coin, by the way, was in a NGC slab without any notation...
Yes, that is the coin. It is a bit of a gamble, at least in terms of the exact mint, which is unresolved and might remain so for quite a while....
I do have a couple of coins coming in from E-Sale 90, notably a tetradrachm attributed to Philistia. This is a somewhat controversial coin, at...
Here are a couple of imitations of Byzantine folles: 1. An imitation of a follis of Constantine VIII, 11th century. Ex Stephen Huston 8.86...
Actually, some of the early Swiss thalers are quite interesting. Here's one from Zurich, a guldentaler, date 1512, Dav 8771, very rare: [ATTACH]...
I thought I had a coin from Once, or one from Twice, but I don't. I do, however have a coin from Thrace! Abdera, Thrace 520-490 BC Oktadrachm...
Some fakes are showing up "stressed", with abrasions and rough surfaces produced as a means to make the fake more plausible as a genuine coin....
I have a couple of Syracusan tetradrachms from the period that the OP coin was supposedly minted in. Here's one of them: Syracuse Deinomenid...
Here's a coin that I came across on eBay today, one that was sold on August 23, 2021. The seller, based in Germany (this is not Lanz), has a...
Here's my only hacksilber ingot. This from the Late Bronze Age, Levant, 13th-10th centuries BC, and weighs 25.90 grams, the equivalent weight of...
I think this coin comes reasonably close to retaining its silver wash. There are some dark areas that I assume are oxidized silver. Maximinanus...
In the UK, Remembrance Day marks the commemoration of the Armistice ending the First World War in 1918. Here's a video from 2014 on the 888,246...
Assuming that sculptures were made with the subject posing, which may or may not be the case with this one of Lucilla, perhaps it is a more...
But apparently Commodus did not share this trait. Circa 190 AD [ATTACH]
Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia regarding the ascension of Commodus as co-emperor with his father, Marcus Aurelius. Joint rule with father...
Wonderful coin, especially the reverse!
No Scylla? Poor Scylla! Okay, how about another mythical creature of any stripe.
It is interesting to see that she has a somewhat pointed nose with this sestertius, although the obverse dies are different in portrait size....
Here is my lone Lucilla coin, a sestertius from 164-169 AD. Lucilla (daughter of M. Aurelius) Æ Sestertius. Rome, AD 164-169. LVCILLAE AVG...
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