Thank you. The whole system has been online for a couple of years now but coin attributing has only been popular with this tech for a couple of...
For those of you following this work, I thought you might enjoy a technical problem I had recently when adding an Antiochos VIII tetradrachm to...
Your subject-knowledge is always truly appreciated @Ed Snible -- Thank you!
I have a couple of small Gorgoneion coins from Asia Minor and would love to know more about them and why so many cultures seemingly depicted these...
Wondering if anyone can shed some light on this as the internet is quite cryptic on the topic of why Zeus Oranios appears on some coins and what...
In researching a monogram that appears on a Antiochos VIII I purchased recently I realized we have a tet from the same artist -- which is cool....
I could totally buy that. The elongated Phi with a Lambda placed at it's bottom. I would presume that the A below depicts Antioch?
Antiochos VIII evidently has the moniker 'Grypus' which translates to 'hook nose' which this portrait really depicts well!
[IMG] Syria, Antioch / Antiochos VIII / AR, 26.5 mm, 16.6 gm / 112-110 BC Obv: Diademed head of of Antiochos VIII right Rev: Zeus standing left...
What a beautiful collection - even if it is your 'outbox'. Can you tell us more about the stone underneath the coins? I see what looks like imprints.
Please share one when you uncover a gem!
[IMG] Colchis, DiosKourias / Mithridates VI / AE, 17mm, 4.8 gm / 105-90 BC Obv: Two Pileus caps with stars above Rev: ΔΙOΣKOYPIAΔOΣ with thyrsos...
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To obtain a proper sense of what Thymbra was like I gather one has to study the era of Troy since Thymbra seems so influenced by it's much larger...
For me, attributing a coin is where all the fun is! I love spending time getting to know my coin and learning about cultures and people. For me...
Yeah, not really sure there *is* a benefit to others. I'm really just using tools available to me to solve problems that plaque me as a collector....
Seems pretty well suited. The range for reading is 10 to 20mm so you have to be fairly close to the coin to xfer data.
This is awesome! I love the experiment. I was able to scan it from my computer display and it brought up the info just fine as well. I suppose one...
Would 'about 85k lines of code' be an acceptable answer? JK! Very cool to hear that you are thinking of kicking around NFC. Please consider...
The question becomes, will Reddit ever go away? Will the internet ever go away? For me, it felt safer to rely on Reddit than niche-specific sites...
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