It looks to be Sestos, Thrace like this one: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3205937
I think the first coin is similar to this Rhoemetalkes I bronze: www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=12005351 And the second is probably a bronze...
To build on the comments of @dltsrq, my wife is a university professor and, at several institutions where she has taught, donated funds dedicated...
Here's a new auction listing for an Eid Mar denarius with an interesting history:...
I believe your coin is a variety of this type from Dionysopolis: http://wildwinds.com/coins/greece/moesia/dionysopolis/Moushmov_77.jpg...
Here is a very thick Thracian Kings bronze coin discussed in a prior Cointalk thread:...
I wouldn't have had any clue until your post!
Here's the NY Sale XI catalog listing: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=278472
Aren't plaster casts generally made by making an impression of the coin in clay or hard seal wax and then pouring the plaster into the mold? The...
My guess is someone rubbed a coating of wax over the coin at some point and it's turned white where the remnants of the wax is thicker. Does it...
Apologies for the double posting (internet troubles...) Very useful database. I started with the map, selected a mint and then opened a few coins...
Very useful database. I started with the map, selected a mint and then opened a few coins to see what was written in the descriptions for each of...
Several of the coins I was watching in NN auction 101 were also withdrawn. I did a quick search and count and a total of more than 90 coins were...
Looks like Commodus from Philippopolis like this one: www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=7853770
Here is Eros on the obverse of a Roman provincial coin. I don't have the weight but the size is 15 mm. Lycaonia, Ilistra Obv: bust of winged...
I having seen that type attributed to Parion and found it curious. It just stuck in my head.
I think it is this type from Parion, Mysia https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5754258
It's from Achaiion in Troas, like this one... https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=6140827
I have a copy of the Hirsch 221 catalog and your coin is illustrated on plate 9 (lot 219). I couldn't find the prices realized for the auction. It...
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