Hi All, Looks dubious. I agree with @Bing and @The Meat man. - Broucheion
Hi All, Since eclipses concern Helios and Selene (the Sun and Moon), here they are on a Julia Mamea Drachm of Alexandria Egypt. Sold to me as a...
Hi @edteach, I just waited 46 days total, where the coin was 'off the radar' for 39 days. The tracking did not get updated at USPS till after the...
Hi @ArtDeco, I don’t think crystallization is a surface phenomenon I think the entire body of the coin is crystallized. - Broucheion
Hi @Gallienus, There are two currently for sale on eBay. I have no comment on the prices. [ATTACH] See...
Hi @AncientCoinnoisseur, Learn all about the Alexandrian Zodiac coins here Minting the Stars: The Alexandrian Zodiac Series under Antoninus Pius...
Hi @dltsrq and @Marsyas Mike, There are several YouTube videos in Polish on the Polish digs at Marea [sadly for me only in Polish]. However...
Hi @Randy Abercrombie, Try our own @Valentinian’s site at http://augustuscoins.com/ed/Byz/legends.html - Broucheion
Hi All, Mine. [ATTACH] ■ Refs: Album #785.2 (rarity S); Balog's Ayyubid #53; Lane Poole's Catalog of the Khedivial Collection #1316-1318;...
Hi @Gallienus, Learn all about the Alexandrian Zodiac coins here Minting the Stars: The Alexandrian Zodiac Series under Antoninus Pius - Broucheion
Hi All, My Balas. [ATTACH] ALEXANDER I BALAS (152-145 BCE) UNCERTAIN MINT 91: PHOENICIA OR COELE SYRIA, 152-145 BCE Æ Size: 21 mm Weight:...
Very rare, very fake. - Broucheion
Hi @KiloTango, :happy:, right. - Broucheion
Hi All, A well known fake. See https://www.cointalk.com/threads/cleopatra-coin.321239/ - Broucheion
Hi All, [ATTACH] MARCUS ANTONIUS (44-31/30 BCE) MILITARY MINT: PATRAE (?); EPHESUS (?), Autumn 32 - Spring 31 BCE Ar Denarius Size: 17x19 mm...
Hi All, Here is one of the last few coins I got in 2023. It is what would be an otherwise unremarkable Alexandrian Byzantine issue of Heraclius...
Hi All, VALERIAN I (ca Sep 253 - ca Sep 260 CE) ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT Year 04 (256/257 CE) [ATTACH] Bi Tetradrachm Size: 24x25 mm Weight: 12.4 g...
No, but it’s done all the time. - Broucheion
Hi All, Helmets are rare on Ptolemaic coins but they do exist, mainly as mint marks and controls. However, here is the only issue with a helmeted...
Hi @lordmarcovan, Thank you for another great giveaway. Since I collect Egyptian coins I would like to win the 1937 silver 2-piastres (2-qirsh)...
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