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What do you think about this?...   |
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Is this coin a tetradrachm? If so it's just a bad and off centered strike.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Domitianus is very rare. I have never seen one before. He issued all his coinage from Alexandria and I see no 'year' indicated on the reverse. It does not appear to have the thickness of a tetradrachm but perhaps they had reduced them. I believe he was the last to issue tetradrachms from Egypt. The coin looks good but you have given little to go on (size and weight). He also issued a 'half' follis.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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That is a nice coin, but the obverse doesn't seem to match the reverse. The 'v' split shown in the second pic isn't apparent in the first picture? Is this something you are looking to purchase?
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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MetDet is right - that chip seems to be gone in one of the pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not only the chip. Measuring by the 'finger' shown in photo one is wider than finger and one is less. Two different coins is the only possibility.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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BenByfield - am I allowed to post my email addy here? It won't allow me to send you a private message, wanted to organise sorting you out with some coins  You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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United States
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Hadn't noticed that but now the you mentioned it I see that they do appear to be two different coins.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Metdet - I've sent you a couple of emails before - perhaps I cant message you. You're 2 posts away from being able to send/receive - take a look at the other forums and get those couple in and you wont have to break any rules.
And ooooooh - getting lots of cool stuff through the door recently and I've still got one outstanding parcel I hope to receive within the next week. I'm going to have to move my collection to a bigger box soon.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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BenByfield - me and a few mates started to do a rough count the other day, we got to roughly 7 thousand coins before we got bog eyed, that is less than a tenth of what I have stuffed in a drawer waiting to be cleaned. I am always willing to swap material that I dig up for knowledge  You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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United Kingdom
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In fact the coin I have for my avatar is one of them, and I don't even know what that is lol  You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Holy sweet mother of mary!
70,000?!?! I thought only the huge corporations got to those levels!
Thats...thats utterly ridiculous! You must have found some pretty cool stuff in that lot. I've found some cool stuff in 300 coins - imagine the kind of stuff you've got stashed away.
EDIT: You found that? Thats a coin worthy of its own post - looks pretty fancy to me. Ill take a looksy and try and pin it down for you.
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03/21/2013 6:03 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Will take a few pics of it tomorrow and get them posted. Its defo silver.
You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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Hey hey - 50 posts!
Its Vespasian - possibly Titus? I'm not knowledgable on that area - my Vespasian is...uhh...a lowball, I suppose you'd call it.
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Let me dig it out, I put it in a folder last week so should be able to find it .......  You will never soar like an eagle if you hang around with turkeys.....
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Have you tried emailing again?
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Posted 03/21/2013 3:30 pm
