Agree with Donna… Not a rare coin, but the date might make it scarce. Many provincials are not as rare as they seem as these are often not that...
This one https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/3653
These aes seem to often go unrecognized as being made in Rome for eastern circulation. See for example...
Doesn’t look like it to me. BD has an almost pastel green color, while this at least looks darker like a lot of green patinas.
This whole section from Ephesus seems to be much more extensive than reported in RIC. I have both 1507 without SC, and 1508 with bust left. So...
I’ll add my own Flavian pick up.[ATTACH] On the surface, this appears to be a rather run down run of the mill Judaea capta quadrans, RIC 351, and...
Donna, you’re wanna my kind….
Tessera is a modern numismatic term for ancient token. The Latin term tessera was not used in antiquity to refer to tokens but rather to the...
I wasn’t sure what to make of this piece. There are a few anonymous alexandrian bronzes out there… I passed on this one because I am more of a...
Please... Check your facts before you start ‘correcting’ folks. If you don’t even know what SC stands for you should do more learning and less...
Rome issued various denominations in bronze that were marked. The semises of Nero marked with an S come to mind.
Great to see you beginning the little bronzes, David! It me years to finish this set of quadrantes. The four variations of the rhinos aren’t so...
Same here. I have had a DHL and a FedEx this year from Roma and eurupe; neither had extra charges. Fed ex tends to bill later but dhl demands...
Aside from the satisfaction to hold a book in your hands, the books provide context, related issues, and commentary. Ocre is great but it is just...
That’s a helluva entry into aurei!
I’ll give a gut impression. Ancient but not Rome. Portrait quite distinct from Rome as are the letters. So eastern, imitative or something...
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I would guess it was altered to be serrated. There are a few of these around which supposedly were altered in antiquity to be game tokens or...
Donna, the Sumerian cuneiform tablet is incredible! I didn’t realize there were any of these outside of institutional collections especially the...
Thanks, David, for showing. Any more finds like this and I will have to walk back my eBay criticisms!
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