A hasty overlay but it makes the point. Outline of the slabbed coin's features over the unslabbed coin. [ATTACH]
Yes, obverse and reverse die matches.
... Edited. Yeah, Mat's right. Why go there. It's all been said before.
Thanks for the posts, John. What a talented engraver!
He talks about this bronze copy of a ten aureii coin here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/victory-coins-and-medallions.362810/
@I_v_a_n .... wow! Your site is fabulous, as are your coins. Great job :). And hey, I think our Lydian lions are die matches: [IMG] [IMG]
Thank you for the information, Donna. He will be missed. Happy to have acquired this one of his in AMCC 2. [IMG]
The organic binders in precious metal clay would burn off before the metal sinters so if you're wondering if an acetone soak would make a metal...
Wonderful acquisitions, Donna! That tessera was one of my two targets in Naville but after being the embattled underbidder on my first coin I...
See @Roerbakmix's notes on mine below. I can't tell from your photo-- are the deposits black or are they dark green? I'm going to try a dilute...
Always happy to show it... one of my favorite coins! [IMG] ZEUGITANA, Carthage early 2nd century BCE AE 15-shekel, 45 mm, 95 gm Obv: wreathed...
:D Photoshop and then a free online animated gif maker (I've used various ones; I think this one was with ezgif.com). It works best if at least...
That's the other Republican dolphin I want :). $14... what a super deal! i think you pasted the wrong attribution though.
Thanks :) In Photoshop Elements I made various layers (black, the "spotlight", etc) into which I drop pictures of the coin with the background...
I bid on more than one but this was the only coin won... definitely paid a premium for the Dirty Sock/War Hero/Czech Musican/Italian Banker story....
A beach ball? The scary knife thing from Phantasm? ;) Nice assortment, Scooby! Without a doubt :). No surprise really since there weren't that...
(Yes, that was clickbait :D) I avidly collect coins with unusual modes of transportation and a Volteius Lion biga has been on the hit list for at...
Congratulations on the acquisition, IOM. I don't know much about Celtic coins but the Parisii staters stood out as high art from the moment I...
Nero has many artistic sestertii. [ATTACH]
Congratulations, David! What a fantastic example of a rare type of brockage, and in your collecting sphere too!
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