Hi, would you say that the coin engravers when depicting the mint tools on the denarius were illustrating a one handed hammer - due to the thinness of the...
Hi , was the purpose of the strike similar to cold riveting - to spread the end of the piece of struck metal to lock it. If it was then hitting the same ...
Kindly find attached coy of he page of my article in the Celator where the "long iron die" was reproduced. Pierre [Non-text portions of this message have been...
JC had no son to succeed him (in the familial sense) so in his will he adopted Octavian rather than Mark Antony as was expected. That did not, and could not,...
December 1, 2006 Dear Mr. Howard Cole, I found photos of a SNG Rosen 403 on Wildwinds at: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/ionia/miletos/t.html ......
Sorry to interested members. I forgot that the photo attached to my previous message would be cancelled. Accordingly, I uploaded the picture in the Moneta_L...
Hi all, I have just uploaded 4 different coin dies for your examination to the files section under topcoins photos. I have collected these images over the...
Hello A few days ago Tom Buggey said in this very interesting thread: "I recently saw a Greek stater or nomos with tongs as the control mark. ... Tongs were a...
Hello A few days ago Tom Buggey said in this very interesting thread: "I recently saw a Greek stater or nomos with tongs as the control mark. ... Tongs were a...
Jim, Perhaps you're confusing the adoption of an heir for estate inheritance purposes which any Roman citizen could do during the Republic (and even in...
I thought that Octavian was adopted by JC before his death. Adoption was practiced by the Romans. Gaye Thomas ... From: dwelsh46@... To: jimhauck@...;...
... Look at the image that die would have produced. The coin would have had the following features : 1) The cross at the top has a very short arm above the...
Hello All, My grandfather used to do a little blacksmithing, since he was raised on a ranch and with horses, to make horseshoes and do minor repair on metal ...
For an excellent and highly readable account of the entire Imperatorial era, from Caesar through Actium, as well as the reign of Augustus (the "Princeps"), I'd...
Dear fellow antiquarian; We warmly welcome you once again to our annual 15% discount sale. This is traditionally a very active sale, since it offers our...
Jim, After Caesar's murder, Calpurnia placed herself under the protection of Mark Antony, giving him Caesar's papers and 4,000 talents. See Suetonius's life ...
Apologies for not directly replying to this thread - I deleted the original email by accident. CNG's latest electronic auction (154, lot 4) has a stater by the...
Michael, Please note that on your picture representing two iron dies, the archaeologists, after having cleaned the pieces, found that only the straight one was...
Given the placement of the wreath on the head of the horse, one could assume that this is a special issue celebrating a games victory and the youth is actually...
I just received an invitation to join a coin forgery discussion group hosted by eBay, so I signed up. There were already 6 messages posted, including this one...
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Group, I just received this coin from Hail-Caesar on eBay: http://www.tantaluscoins.com/coins/21822.php The eBay description is: RIC 574, Obv: L VERVS AVG ARM...
Matt, The catalogers seem to be a bit confused. Your coin is indeed RIC 566 and RSC 279. However, RIC gives it as a laureate head only. RSC has number 279 as...
Matt, Peter is correct that both are listed in RSC. RSC 279 however is laureate and RSC 279a is bare-head right. Warmest, Jim Shaffer In a message dated...
Hi Matt, To echo Peter's post you coin is indeed in RSC as 279a, and is listed as bare head right. There is also a BMC-431 listing also. In my RIC it is...
If you love in depth studies on Julio Claudian Portraiture or just great Photos join at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/julioclaudian/ This review was done by...
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