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Medieval, Islamic and Crusader Coins Discussion Forum / Re: Pre-Islamic goddess? Help needed
« Last post by Jan P on Today at 12:09:16 pm »Asherah?
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Medieval, Islamic and Crusader Coins Discussion Forum / Pre-Islamic goddess? Help needed
« Last post by Britannicus on Today at 10:08:35 am »Hi, I was going to upload this to the Identification Help board, but it's not a coin, and I suspect this might be a better place to seek help on it.
It's a tiny silver or white metal square, 8.6 x 8.8 mm., but 3.5 mm. thick, and weighing 2.35 g.
On one side is a standing, facing female figure (dress, breasts), her hands held out at her sides with fingers spread, wearing a headdress, and with identical objects (altars?) to left and right.
On the othe side are 2 lines of Arabic (?) script. A more knowledgeable friend claims to be able to read "asman" (the heavens) and "parast" (worshipper, devotee).
Some kind of religious token?
Grateful for any help!
Francis
It's a tiny silver or white metal square, 8.6 x 8.8 mm., but 3.5 mm. thick, and weighing 2.35 g.
On one side is a standing, facing female figure (dress, breasts), her hands held out at her sides with fingers spread, wearing a headdress, and with identical objects (altars?) to left and right.
On the othe side are 2 lines of Arabic (?) script. A more knowledgeable friend claims to be able to read "asman" (the heavens) and "parast" (worshipper, devotee).
Some kind of religious token?
Grateful for any help!
Francis
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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Re: Struggling to id a bronze with temple
« Last post by Pekka K on Today at 09:52:22 am »
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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Re: Struggling to id a bronze with temple
« Last post by Michael M22 on Today at 09:38:26 am »
It looks like Claudius provincial AE of Galatia to me but I'm a novice with ancients.
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Fake Coins and Notorious Fake Sellers / Re: Annia Faustina
« Last post by Joe Sermarini on Today at 09:37:40 am »
In this case, it is difficult to believe the seller does not know the coin is fake. It is dishonest if it is not noted in the description.
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Fake Coins and Notorious Fake Sellers / Re: Fake Akragas?
« Last post by Joe Sermarini on Today at 09:36:22 am »
Perhaps the core of a fourree that has lost its silvering?
Silver is a more noble metal than copper.
The more noble a metal the higher the acid resistance.
That acid or environment is destroying the silver with higher acid resistance much than earlier than copper with lower acid resistence is impossible.
So there is no way that all siver is gone but the bronze is still there and not damaged.
I have several fourrees in my collection they have the normal pattern, there is the silvering damaged on one or more position and there acid/corrosion is eating the copper core, while the silverplating is still pretty much intact, if the copper layer underneath is is gone the silver has nothing to stick on and will be either in air or fall off.
The patina has fine crystalls and is uniform a typical artificial patina.
Finding fouree cores with the silver lost is not impossible, it is actually fairly common, and I have handled them. Many fourrees were struck with a silver foil plating that can be mechanically removed (intentionally or in nature) without significant damage to the bronze core. Two pieces of silver foil are used to wrap the core, one on each side; both folded over to completely cover the core. Sometimes they fuse sufficiently to each other, due the pressure of striking, but are not firmly attached to the core. This is fact proven by many many examples with partial plating remaining.
I am not saying this IS a fourree core but you are wrong in believing that an undamaged fourree core with the silver lost is impossible. They exist.
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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Struggling to id a bronze with temple
« Last post by Mateusz W on Today at 08:55:31 am »
Legend appears to be somewhat retrograde, i was thinking of Augusts / Hypaepa but doesnt match
6,62g/22m
6,62g/22m
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Celtic, Barbaric & Tribal Imitative Coins Discussion Forum / Re: Beautiful nummo of Hilderic
« Last post by antvwala on Today at 08:25:35 am »add a fake report
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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Re: Reference from Flon, D. Histoire monétaire de la Lorraine et des trois évêchés.
« Last post by Anaximander on Today at 07:59:46 am »
One more thing... From a |French website comes a snippet of information and a much better photo. You may have Flon #5 or variant.
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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Re: Onluk of Mustafa I
« Last post by Giba L on Today at 07:37:11 am »
what is Onluk??? sorry but Google confused me a lotOnluk has a nominal value equal to 10 akches
ten
ak in Turkish is 10
many thanks
