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We don't really know why the serrated denarii were originally made that way; it would have been quite a laborious process to manually carve little notches into the sides of the coin blanks, so they must have had some reason to make the effort worthwhile. The second series was certainly made because the Romans discovered that the first series were popular with the Gauls.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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My Current favorite, and only ancient gold. Romanus III 1028-1034 AD Constantinople Mint AV Histamenon SB - 1819   |
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Thanks sap for the clarification. Nice coin cgcoins I myself am looking for a gold coin for my collection.
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If I have to choice between Greek or Roman coins , I prefer Greek , and especially coins from the Greek towns of South Italy. Kroton, Bruttium,AR stater ,23 mm , 8,06 gr,480-430 BC,12 h HNItaly2102var,SNGAns257,BMCItaly18 obv tripod,heron at right,at left : O P Q . rev: incuse tripod  a second one I like Mytilene,Lesbos,Electron hecte,12 mm , 2,56 gr ,12 h Bodenstedt99, 377-326 bc obv:head f Kabeiros right,wearing wreathed cap , two stars flanking rev : head of Persephone right within linear square border  In fact , I like every coin I buy.albert |
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Those are beauties, antwerpen2306, as are all of the coins in this wonderful thread. Thanks, oh my florin, for starting it!
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Wow! Everyone has such awesome coins! My favourite is the Shekel of Tyre I got almost two months ago. It's going to be in that top spot for a long time because it ate up my coin budget for the next five years! It was worth it though.  Erin  |
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I agree, ALL of the coins posted in this thread are a pleasure to behold.
A source of satisfaction for me is to see how much enjoyment other fellow collectors get from they collections.
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very nice coin with an expressive face .<do you have more details ? I am sure you will wait only five months before buying a similar nice coin.albert
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Antwerpen, that first coin looks a lot like a brockage to me, but I'll leave that for someone else to decide.
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Just wait till Triton comes around then we can all blow our budgets again :P
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Antwerpen, that first coin looks a lot like a brockage to me, but I'll leave that for someone else to decide. It looks a lot like a brockage because it is almost exactly like a brockage. However, it is not actually a brockage. Brockages are mint errors, but these ancient Greek coins were deliberately made this way, with a "reverse" die carved in the form of a mirror-incuse version of the obverse. Mediaeval coins struck deliberately like this are called "bracteates", not "brockages"; these ancient coins are simply called "incuse staters". If you look closely, you'll see that the details of the two sides don't actually match up. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Antwerpen,
The Shekel is 24.4 mm, 14.37 g.
It's dated 46/47 AD. I think that's what the POB means.
Erin
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It looks a lot like a brockage because it is almost exactly like a brockage. However, it is not actually a brockage. Brockages are mint errors, but these ancient Greek coins were deliberately made this way, with a "reverse" die carved in the form of a mirror-incuse version of the obverse. Mediaeval coins struck deliberately like this are called "bracteates", not "brockages"; these ancient coins are simply called "incuse staters". If you look closely, you'll see that the details of the two sides don't actually match up. Thank you, Sap. I didn't know there was such a thing. |
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John ,
your shekel is dated 46/47 AD as you said .
obv : laureate head of Melqarth (= a deified version of Hercules )right .
rev : TYROY IERAS KAI ASYLOY /eagle standing left on prow holding a palm branch,before a club and the date ,at right KP and a monogram , between legs Phoenician letters .
The date : POB = ROB = 100 + 70 + 2 = 172 = 46/47 BC , they start counting from 127/126 BC
The letters KP = KR : I suppose the abbrevation of a magistrates name.
The monogram : I see a P , L , I and another letter , but it is to small to see it clearly .albert
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Thanks for the extra info, Albert!
I really like the coins you posted. I'd like to get some more Greek coins, they're really neat.
Erin
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