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Identification Help - Ancient and Medieval Coins / Re: unknown greek ae12

« Last post by Pim San on Today at 04:46:54 am »

Hi Mark,

Of course many thanks for your help

The portret at the front looks indeed remarkably the same and indeed. the first letter is at the back appears to be a 
:-)
I agree that many small coins need more study. I do appreciate them a lot because there's a lot of craftsmanship on a very small surface. In the Netherland there's a saying: "Wie het kleine niet eert, is het grote niet weerd ( He, who doens't appreciated the small things, is not worth the larger things) :-)

Yours Svir

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Identification Help - Ancient and Medieval Coins / Re: Roman Provincial - Help Id 2

« Last post by Jochen on Today at 03:39:32 am »

Dear Crassus,

Unfortunately, your coin is incomplete; parts of the legends are missing. Let us proceed based on what has been preserved.
The obverse shows the laureate head of Septimius Severus facing right.
The reverse shows the standard image of Hygieia standing right, feeding a snake held in her left arm from a patera in her left hand.

Mark Fox is correct in his identification. However, the 2023 edition of the Nikopolis catalog lists four different variants of this type:
(1) AV K – CEVHROC, laureate head r.
NIKOPOLI – PROC ICTR
(2) AV KAI CE – CEVHROC, bust draped, laureate, r.
NIKOPOLIT – IT PROC ICT
(3) AV KAI CE  - CEVHROC, laureate head r.
NIKOPOLI – T PROC ICTR
(4) AV KAI CE – CEVHROC, laureate head r.
NIKOPOLI – T PROC ICTR

(1) is ruled out because the obverse legend is simply AV K.
(2) is ruled out because your coin shows only a laureate head.
That leaves only (3) and (4). These two variants differ in that, for (4), the letter R of PROC are positioned above the patera, whereas for (3), it is below the down. On your coin, the R appears above the patera held by Hygieia.
Thus, your coin is:
a) Hristova-Hoeft-Jekov (2023) No. 8.14.10.
b) AMNG 1384 var. (multiple variants are grouped under this entry)
c) not listed in Varbanov

Best regards,
Jochen

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Fake Coins and Notorious Fake Sellers / Re: Could someone tell me if this coin is fake or not?

« Last post by SRukke on Today at 03:35:45 am »

It’s difficult to determine authenticity from a single photo. The details look quite worn, so I’d recommend checking the coin’s weight, diameter, and metal composition first. Comparing those measurements with verified examples can help. Clear photos of both the obverse and reverse, especially the edge, would also make it easier for collectors to give a more accurate opinion. Good luck—I hope it turns out to be genuine!
https://tomodachiliferom.com/

Not difficult to determine it's fake in this case.
It's stamped WRL. WRL made reproductions. See the first response to his question.

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Identification Help - Ancient and Medieval Coins / Re: Help to ID and Authenticate Athens Tetradrachm

« Last post by Explorer20 on Today at 03:26:51 am »

I'm note sure, but this might be a part of a mid-4th century BCE emergency minting phase (circa 353 BCE). Athens rapidly recycled older circulating tetradrachms by hammering, folding ("koutsoura" or log-style), and restriking them, leaving distinct laminated edge layers and ghost design traces. The flattened coins were not just folded in two but were folded over a second time to produce a planchet of three or four layers. 
The only characteristic that doesn't fit, from my perspective, is the these flans are usually not round, but oval or highly distorted. Still, this coin might be a cast fake, but worth to look at this direction too.

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Fake Coins and Notorious Fake Sellers / Re: Could someone tell me if this coin is fake or not?

« Last post by TomodachiLife R on Today at 02:38:45 am »

It’s difficult to determine authenticity from a single photo. The details look quite worn, so I’d recommend checking the coin’s weight, diameter, and metal composition first. Comparing those measurements with verified examples can help. Clear photos of both the obverse and reverse, especially the edge, would also make it easier for collectors to give a more accurate opinion. Good luck—I hope it turns out to be genuine!
https://tomodachiliferom.com/

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Identification Help - Ancient and Medieval Coins / Re: Roman Provincial - Help Id 2

« Last post by Mark Fox on Today at 12:15:47 am »

Dear Crassus and Board,

This is really a matter for Jochen's expertise and/or latest catalog on such coins, but I at least can steer you in the right direction.  The coin in question is an issue of Nicopolis ad Istrum struck under Septimius Severus with a Hygieia reverse.  No exact matches were found for the legends/bust style, but this coin is very close, lacking possibly only the last letter (P) on the reverse:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=54875

Hope this helps! 


Best regards,

Mark Fox
Michigan

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Identification Help - Ancient and Medieval Coins / Re: Roman provincial Help ID

« Last post by Mark Fox on Yesterday at 11:14:15 pm »

Dear Crassus and Board,

It is hard to conduct research on RPC Online with all the issues the site seems to be having lately, but through perseverance, a match was finally found:

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/3/2092

The countermark may be GIC 364:

https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/countermark/484

A very rare coin of Mastaura and one that Dane Kurth might like to know about! 

Hope this helps.


Best regards,

Mark Fox
Michigan

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Identification Help - Ancient and Medieval Coins / Re: unknown greek ae12

« Last post by Mark Fox on Yesterday at 07:27:13 pm »

Dear Svir and Board,

A lot of the small denomination bronzes from the Greek cities of Asia Minor are still poorly studied and understood, precisely because the coins can be so small (and unattractively so in the eyes of coin suppliers of the past) and potentially overlooked even during archaeological excavations.  As such, new discoveries are still being made today, faster than the coin catalogs can be updated.  This probably explains in part why your little Priapos in Mysia bronze (reverse needs to be shifted 90 degrees clockwise) appears to be unpublished, aside from the recent auction appearance of this specimen:

https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=10991844

No catalog references were found on Corpus Nummorum or in Isegrim.  As Leu sold the Mysian portion of the Plankenhorn collection in 2022, I doubt there are any matches for the coin type in Plankenhorn's catalog of Mysian coinage, which was reviewed here:

https://coinsweekly.com/the-coins-of-mysia-from-the-plankenhorn-collection/


Hope this helps. 


Best regards,

Mark Fox
Michigan

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Identification Help - Ancient and Medieval Coins / Roman Provincial - Help Id 2

« Last post by Crassus on Yesterday at 06:44:54 pm »

Hi friends

Help to id, please?

18mm 3-4 grs

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Identification Help - Ancient and Medieval Coins / Roman provincial Help ID

« Last post by Crassus on Yesterday at 06:01:54 pm »

Hi friends

Help to id, please?

24mm