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Roman Provincial Bronze Coin For ID
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Old Post Posted 04/30/2025  08:59 am
Not familiar with the issue, but the reverse iconography seems to perhaps include a kneeling "anguipede giant" - and, if so, the standing figure, which looks male, may be Jupiter (hurling a thunderbolt) or Herakles. Wonder if it may be unpublished?
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Need Help With This Replica Roman/Greek Coin ?
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Old Post Posted 04/08/2025  1:29 pm
This one shows up from time to time. If you have access to Forum's fake reports, see:
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/f...layimage.php
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/f...layimage.php
Image links (not sure if the direct linking will work, though):
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/f...epios_XL.jpg
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/f...0002/1~4.jpg
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C N G: Imported Coins Will Be Subjected To Tariffs
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Old Post Posted 04/04/2025  4:15 pm

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subject to tariffs based on the country of origin


It'll be interesting to see what would happen - tariff-wise - with the hundreds of thousands of ancient coins labeled with such phrases as these (which were quickly-pulled-up examples from acsearch.info): "unreadable mintmark," "unknown mint," "uncertain mint," "undetermined mint in Asia Minor," "mint in the lower Danube region," "mint in the northern Carpathian region," "military moving mint," "court (moving) mint," etc., etc.
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New Ancient - Khurshid Of Tabaristan
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Old Post Posted 03/05/2025  10:55 am
Great strike on that coin. It's a beauty. Good write-up too. Thanks for sharing.
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Three Latest Pottery Pickups
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Old Post Posted 02/23/2025  10:54 am

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I added the image tags so they still embed in your post.


Thanks!
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Three Latest Pottery Pickups
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Old Post Posted 02/21/2025  4:38 pm
Thanks, Chris.
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Three Latest Pottery Pickups
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Old Post Posted 02/21/2025  10:35 am
Thanks, guys.


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...in the case with the sherds, are some pieces from the same original container or is each one from a separate piece of pottery?


Most would be from separate vessels, Dave. One definite exception are two of the larger fragments behind the black box in the last pic. Found in the Cherkasy region of Ukraine, they are clearly from the same vessel, which may have been ancient but, I suppose, might have been medieval. No idea on that one. Came with others from that find spot. See the left and right sherds from my online gallery pic here:


With just one other exception, I am uncertain if any other sherds were originally from the same vessel as each other. However, some lots I have purchased consist of pieces from the same location. So, it's possible. Here are examples. Surface finds, all blackware and presumably Greek, from the Penyal d'lfac in Calpe, Spain. This coastal site was close to the speculated location of Alonis, a Greek settlement mentioned by ancient authors including Stephanus of Byzantium.:


Below are potsherds, mostly blackware, from the northern Black Sea coast (ancient Olbia), possibly found together or at least in close proximity. The two curved pieces (rims), orbiting around the large central fragment, are likely from the same original vessel:
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Three Latest Pottery Pickups
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Old Post Posted 02/20/2025  10:26 pm

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I look forward to seeing the pictures of the display cabinets when ready.


For anyone who may be interested, links to pics of my displays. Hopefully the links work. The images are too big for CCF, I believe - thus the links. The first image shows the cabinets and acrylic boxes. The other images are details.







*** Edited by Staff to add images to post. ***

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An Attractive Little Ae
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Old Post Posted 02/20/2025  10:16 pm
Sweet coin there, Chris. Good pickup.
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Nerva Silver Denarius 98 A.d.
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Old Post Posted 02/20/2025  8:54 pm
Nice one! What an expressive portrait. Congrats on completing the good emperors' set.

The Adam's apple almost won the race, but the face won by a nose. (The coin may be silver, but that was comedy gold right there.)
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Three Latest Pottery Pickups
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Old Post Posted 01/23/2025  1:59 pm
Thanks, Jim.
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Old Post Posted 01/23/2025  12:40 pm
Makes sense. Thanks.
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Old Post Posted 01/23/2025  09:05 am
Thanks, gents.


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...but rather it looks like a name


Agreed.

The clearest letters look to me like "cheEver" - which may be suggestive since the lamp comes from the husband/wife collection of Chevallier and Verel. Of course, I may be misreading the letters...

Edit: I had wanted to provide a link to a higher res version of the image at my Forum gallery, but the link didn't seem to be working.
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Three Latest Pottery Pickups
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Old Post Posted 01/22/2025  6:21 pm
New arrival today - one with interesting provenance.



Greek
5th century BC
99 mm (l) x 65 mm (w)
(3.9" X 2.5")

Description:
Black glaze, long nozzle, round open body, and a central conical tube so that the lamp could be raised on a pole or rod when lit; indistinct old inscription on the foot.

Ex-Chevallier-Verel Collection (Paris, France) through 1969, thence passed through three generations of the same Parisian family by inheritance.

The following excerpt is from: https://www.ancientcyprus.com/colle...l-collection

"Victor Emile Gabriel Chevallier (born 07/11/1889 in Frontenaud, died 09/05/1969 in Sèvres) married Marguerite Jeanne Verel (born 05/12/1887 in Paris, died 04/03/1962 in Saulieu) on 12/27/1928 in Paris. Their residence was located on rue Jacob in Paris.
Mr. Chevallier served as an associate professor at the Lycée Montaigne in Paris, dedicating 44 years to civil and military service. He was honored as a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur on March 21, 1955. Madame Vérel worked as a lecturer at the Louvre Museum. Together, they amassed a collection of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, antique paintings, furniture and objets d'art, as well as Far Eastern and Asian art.The collection features predominantly ceramics from various regions and periods: Mesopotamia, including a unique tablet; Egypt from the Nagada period (3900 to 3500 BC) through the Ptolemaic era; Greece; Corinth (Mycenaean period); Etruria from the 7th century BC; Cyprus (11th century BC); and Classical Greece."
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Identification Greek (Or Roman Prov) Ae13-Ae14, REV Distyle Temple (Solved-Perge)
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Old Post Posted 01/14/2025  12:19 am
Have you checked RPC Online? If not, I recommend using the advanced search function, set to Perge for city, "bust" for obverse, and "temple" for reverse.
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/search/advanced

Probably not a match, but here's a Commodus for comparison:
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/11619
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Unknown Coin With Triskeles, Non Greek Script: Likely Umayyad Fals AH 120-122
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Old Post Posted 01/13/2025  3:54 pm
Could it be an Umayyad fals?
https://www.acsearch.info/search.ht...=usd&order=0
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Axumite Kingdom Bronze Coin
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Old Post Posted 01/11/2025  7:58 pm
Well done, Chris. Nice pickup.

Super coin too, Dave.
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My First Animal On A Coin.
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Old Post Posted 01/01/2025  7:40 pm
Great coin, Jim.
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New Tets From Elymais
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Old Post Posted 12/31/2024  12:56 pm
Hey, thanks, Jim.
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New Tets From Elymais
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Old Post Posted 12/30/2024  10:15 pm
Thanks, Dave. Actually, the new article does include a reference (comparison) to that tet from this thread, but the focus of the essay is a drachm that, sadly, I don't own.

But, yes, the article ("An Unusual Portrait on a Drachm Attributed to Kamnaskires V") was accepted for publication and, although I've not yet received my copy, I do see on the Archaeopress website that the volume is printed and is now available.

Thanks for the acknowledgment!
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