Posted 03/09/2019 9:41 pm
Very nice piece.
It would fit rather nicely into my collection as well!
I think the tooling may have been to remove encrustation after in ground burial. If it has been tooled, it was done by a professional. If were my coin, I wouldn't have worried too much about it.
I once had a rather nice gold stater of Rheskuporus 11, but alas, it was sold on consignment in a job lot of ancient coins,
in order to raise the deposit for a mortgage on our first house.
That was waaaaay back in 1976. I paid the mortgage off 7 years later, on a single income.
At least, the house proved to be an excellent investment.
I have been looking for another nice Bosporan gold stater for a reasonable price, ever since.
It would fit rather nicely into my collection as well!
I think the tooling may have been to remove encrustation after in ground burial. If it has been tooled, it was done by a professional. If were my coin, I wouldn't have worried too much about it.
I once had a rather nice gold stater of Rheskuporus 11, but alas, it was sold on consignment in a job lot of ancient coins,
in order to raise the deposit for a mortgage on our first house.
That was waaaaay back in 1976. I paid the mortgage off 7 years later, on a single income.
At least, the house proved to be an excellent investment.
I have been looking for another nice Bosporan gold stater for a reasonable price, ever since.
Nice addition, Dave. I've seen the same combination of obverse and reverse countermarks belore...some examples below. The obverse wheel was, it seems, typically applied in the same relative spot for the Princess Leia look:
