Hi all, The letters are remains of the legend I]ERO - N[OS. It's a coin of Hieron II of Syracuse, overstruck by the Romans after the fall of Syracuse in 212....
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Feb 1, 2006 11:32 am
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Dear List, Dr. Buttrey has confirmed the conclusion that I had recently reached with the kind assistance of Dick Schaefer. My original attribution of the coin...
You might take a look at: http://www.vcoins.com/ancient/ancientimports/store/viewItem.asp? idProduct=9307&large=0 It's a wreath semis, Cr110/3, although the...
Well noticed Dick - though I picked up a number of the recent Ancient Imports RR bronze listings I overlooked this. If by any chance a dealer bought this in...
I included a one-liner comment on this book (published by Instituto Poligrafico e Zecca Dello Stato – Libreria Dello Stato; Rome 2001) on my website...
For those who care about such things, this is a very scarce coin, with Apollo's hair tied into a knot: http://tinyurl.com/7u54p It's the same obverse die used...
Dear Phil, Thanks for the heads up re: the C. Vibius Pansa on eBay. I note that the imitative denarius offered by AAH has been withdrawn. I do hope that...
Hello RROME Group, This is a repost from the CFDL of mine. There is considerable evidence now, including in the Romanian numismatic literature, that there were...
Dear Alan, Phil Davis, who has been studying Gaeto-Dacian imitations (which I gather, perhaps incorrectly, is what you are referring to as "Thracian"...
This is an extremely rare coin; Cr 43/1 Luceria As, among the rarest in the Aes Grave series: 9 specimens known to Haeberlin (as compared to 347 specimens of...
As it happens, I know where Marc got this coin, and I examined it a couple of years ago. I can confirm that in the "flesh", it looks much the same as it does...
Buying this requires somewhat of a leap of faith due to the lack of prototypes. The squid is not listed in Crawford's "unofficial imitations and small change",...
The meta denarius offerred by Alexandria coins in September 2005 is now being offerred by someone in Mallorca. Cf.: http://cgi.ebay.es/DENARIO-REPUBLICANO- ...
Hi Dick and Lluis-- Things aren't quite as simple as they seem. A mutual friend also pointed out this "new" meta piece to me, wondering if it was the same...
The similarities I see go right down to tiny surface defects, e.g. the small radial defect at 8pm on the reverse, with a tiny pit just above it. Knowing how...
Thanks to the generosity of a friend (and list member), I've been privileged to incorporate the imitations from his Republican collection into my web site....
There are many very interesting Republican bronzes on http://stores.ebay.de/Numismatik-Lanz Quite a few finishing today and still at reasonable prices. Andrew...
An interesting little coin http://tinyurl.com/my5qa The prototype is a very rare Brutus denarius & aureus type, Cr.505/4/5, $1000's even in silver. What is...
Dear Mr. McCabe/list Thanks a lot for the image and historical background. For Koson, I just remember the earlier opinion of Dr. Preda, that at least is...
Hi Andrew-- Am I missing something? Why couldn't the bronze coin be derived from Cr-506/2, much much more common? I realize that means the shield and spears...
Phil, list, It could indeed be a copy of 506/2 but there are some reasons (apart from the mirror reversal) why it might not be. The shape and detail of the...
Good afternoon, Rick/List May you be so kind to tell me a link or where I could consult the new findings? I have heard nothing about them and I am always...
Hi Andrew, Phil, Lluis, Rick Add to the die-count (what is it now?) the detail that, semi-officially, Imp.Caesar was conducting a war of revenge against his...
Good afternoon, Mark, Andrew, Phil/list Yes, agreed that Augustus is described as having an iron will, although a very delicate health. For what I read, if he...
Hello from Turkey, l have been interesting ancient coins, l have knowledge about ancient coins, there are many kinds ancient coins in Turkey, l want to talk...
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