you have a couple of these things can you tell me if it is possible for a forgery to have evidence of double striking. Mine has a light double...
I got a loop today from a jeweler to examine it closer. There is evidence of double striking on the back there is a ghost image around the top of...
the coin is 11.19g die axis 12 and it passes the standard field test of ringing it and dropping it. It does not ring and when drops it dies...
here is a few more pics let me know what you all think
just did a little Wikipedia search I purchased the coin from a base apx. 50 miles from the Iran boarder the Elymite were in what is present day Iran
yes however, the Elymite were often intermingled within the Parthians and I am sitting in the middle of what was the Parthian dynasty
Thanks for the advice. A funny thing happened when I bought it. I am on a base with an Italian side a Spaniard side and a American side. I bought...
thanks all the best to you and yours in 2015. I really do not have access to a lot of tools to assist. I can tell you the weight on the Elymais is...
yeah I will man up and say I have a couple fakes but I have taken the time to research most of my coins before purchasing and I stick with vendors...
thanks for the info it is indeed a Elymais. the weight is 11.19g
I got them in Afghanistan a couple days ago. I have been collecting ancients from over here for a few months now. The last time I came home I got...
I have 2 Parthian coins I cannot attribute can you guys give me a hand. One is bronze and the other is silver. Any information would be greatly...
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