Make sure you use archival paper and not acid free or normal paper. Chemicals and ph balance. An effect coin metal.
Well, that made a quick job of things. There are quite a few different portrait designs in this listing. I'm glad that my example is the higher...
Thank you very much! A start is all I wanted!
This coin has been a bane! I don't have enough letters to make out who is shown on the obverse and reverse. I looked through 1,500 coins and like...
Here's my Geta youthful portrait. To me he has slight smile- similar to yours. [ATTACH] Geta (Caesar, 198-209). Phrygia, Hadrianopolis-Sebaste. Æ...
The Cyprus trees might represent the fertility. Erect pines represents the obvious and pine cones pine cones are often seen as symbols of...
Nice group lots, Chris. Club misses you!
Nice to see these. For those that may not know these coins are from Nimes, France. This is where the legionaries retired too.
Well, that's a nice collection! I stand corrected! Nowadays there's no such thing as a nice car with low payments! Kinda like trying to find nice...
I just added my own Faustina/ DIANA LVCIF to my collection! That makes Gordian, Valerian and Faustina. I acquired an AE Severus Alexander with a...
Here's my latest Helioseiros coin. I have not been able to find a reference this coin. It is about a 1/3 the size and weight of the vast majority...
AWESOME COIN!
Sorry Ed. I didn't see this come in. Yes this appears to be McAlee 147(a) with a description of: AE14 (dichalkon) Obv. ANTIOXExN Laur. and dr....
I have not finished reading this dissertation but I find it extremely helpful to understanding the civic gods of the Palestine area. It also has...
OK. I found a second example. This one is a smaller Antoninus Pius coin @2.93g. [ATTACH]
That's a nice start to a "sub-collection"!
Winner! Winner! Chicken dinner! THank you Gino! The A and K are the matches on this one.
Nope, this is not the baetyl or "black stone" that is probably the center of Mecca. The temples, with the black stone, commonly, have a crescent...
OK. So maybe not a baetyl but the cult statue of Artemis. There are several different issues from Perge that fall into the 1.6-2.1g range. I am...
Thanks for the reply. This is going to be one of those coins that I put "uncertain" on. Man, I hate that!
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