Dear List, Anyone interested in 'camp' gate' coins (really city gates), should check out Freeman and Sear's Mail Bid Sale #12, closing Oct. 28, 05, lot 615,...
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Oct 1, 2005 10:10 pm
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I was just placing a bid on ebay. When I looked at the feedback for this seller, I noticed tsomething that I diod not remmber seeing mentioned on this thread:...
Hi all, This post doesn't have anything to do with ancient coins, so I hope the moderators will grant me just a little leeway. I have started a new Yahoo...
Anybody see anything questionable, from the pics below, about one or both of these two Alexander the Great staters: http://rg.ancients.info/misc/staters.html ...
Anybody see anything questionable about this Owl: http://page.auctions.yahoo.com/auction/93557242 The crest is curious, to my eyes anyway. Perhaps this is a...
I can not find one with a crest like this one, with the curved line ending it half-way to the top of the helmet, in the following references: The John Max...
I have been seeing a number of East "Celt" silver coins, probably coming rom Bulgaria that have an unusual fabric. They don't really look like the horn silver...
Friends, Romancoinbuffs, countrymen, lend me your brains: I have a Julia Domna AE 18mm coin that is the same type as RIC 859, which is an AE sestertius: JVLIA...
I am currently looking to acquire an Athenian Owl. Being highly counterfeited, I am vary wary. Since my interest is with astronomical iconology, I usually...
Glenn, Domna has a denarius too of that type, and I presume your coin is an ancient imitation of that deanrius. The Pius is a mint mule, his second obv. legend...
I think this coin might be OK, and it is more a matter of the crest in that area not striking up, than it being missing on the die. I have seen a number of...
It is difficult to tell from the image, but what I think you are seeing could be silver plated back onto the surfaces during cleaning. When coin coated in horn...
Glenn: Sounds like a thoroughly fascinating coin - perhaps you could post it so I (or anyone else on Moneta with an interest) could see it as well. Thanks....
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Oct 2, 2005 7:52 pm
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Hi Robert, Do they have the curved line that ends the crest like on this coin? Howard Cole ... -- Howard Cole, Beverly Battaglia, and Amanda Tinian,...
The piece illustrated in forum ancient coins is of gruesome style and certainly a modern fake. The style of the first one in question is perfectly OK. Ted...
On this series ther is often a gap in the crest at that point, often with an extra line at higher angle just before the gap. See Svornos plate 12, #13 for a...
Just to expand on my previous post, have a look at this image : http://www.calgarycoin.com/tempathens.jpg The one on the left is the coin being questioned....
hi all, i posted this a couple of hours ago, but for some reason it did not show up, so i will try again.....,, imagine a slave who minted coins, he had a...
Dr. Buttrey, Thank you for your concise reply. I was going to reply but couldn't figure out a way to say it in so few words. Barry Murphy ... From: "Dr T.V....
A Spartan would say he wasted two letters. ... From: Moneta-L@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Moneta-L@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Barry P. Murphy Sent: Sunday,...
Finally, perhaps, a question that Moneta was made for. I have questions about an AE1 follis of Constantius I. For example, the obverse inscription is not in...
If you are writing about a GENIO POPV_L_I ROMANI with a mint mark of (dot)SM(dot)SD(dot) with an A or...or E in the right field, then it is RIC Serdica #12a. ...
... Interesting, and interesting comments to, from you, Dr. Buttrey, and others. But here's another comparison: http://rg.ancients.info/misc/owls.html The...
An american university, Vassar College, has posted their ancient coins( http://oldmoney.vassar.edu/search.html ). They are the second museum to carry out...
hi upon examination maybe you are right, the bottom coin definitely appears to be a fake, and perhaps an unaware forger used it for a die, but surely he would...
... Interesting search capability, but I'm not sure how useful it is, given how the attribution information it returns. Talking about Owls, they have three, a...
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