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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Re: 2 strange ottoman coins for ID

« Last post by Jan P on Today at 04:35:54 am »

This is why:

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Fake Coins and Notorious Fake Sellers / Re: Fake Akragas?

« Last post by Din X on Today at 04:12:02 am »

So Ulla Westermark has seen the coin in question here?

Ross G.

If Ulla does not know an Akragas coin typ this type either does not exist or is fake.
The chance that Ulla has missed a coin type is extremely low.

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Roman Coins Discussion Forum / New emission for Severina / Aurelian (?) crescent in left field

« Last post by Gert on Today at 04:00:46 am »

Hi board,
I couldn't find this coin, nor the emission, in RIC, or in the online RIC. Could this be a hitherto unknown emission or am I missing something?

Severina, wife of Aurelian AD 270-275, AE Antoninianus (23 mm, 4.08 g) Rome
SEVERINA AVG; draped bust r., wearing diadem, set on crecent
CONCORDIAE MILITVM; XXT in exergue; crescent-B across field; Concordia Militum standing left, holding two standards
RIC – (Cf. RIC 4 with R in l. field)

Regards
Gert

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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Doubt with two Selim I coins

« Last post by Giba L on Today at 03:58:46 am »

I have these two coins with the same monogram, I understood that they were minted by Selim I but why is one 10mm/1gr and the other 17mm/0.6gr. 

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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Re: Jugate Dioskuri and prow? looking for ID

« Last post by carpatic on Today at 03:45:21 am »

Hi @Arados,
I got another one like this, but also not in the greatest shape.
Is the date readable on this one, or is too blurred?
Thanks

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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Re: 5 Para Mahmud I, 1 Para Selim III

« Last post by Giba L on Today at 03:45:03 am »

I take another pictures and clean the coin, maybe is a barbarian imitation??

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Fake Coins and Notorious Fake Sellers / Annia Faustina

« Last post by Skolot on Today at 03:33:52 am »

Recently I saw a lot of roman coins on Inasta E-Live Auction 111 lot 4857 that contained an Annia Faustina denarius. As far as I know it's extremely rare, only 5 coins are known, 2 of them in museums. This coin looks odd. Unfortunately the seller provided only one photo.

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Ancient Coin Forum / Re: Meepzorp's coin website

« Last post by Meepzorp on Today at 03:04:27 am »

Hi folks,

Today, I added one coin to each of my following website pages:

Italy, House of Savoy, Part 4 (second coin):

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/meepzorp/hs_pt04.htm

Roman Provincial, Phrygia, Laodicea, Part 1 (last coin):

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/meepzorp/rp_phrygia_laodicea_pt01.htm

I also added 2 coins to my following website page:

Roman Provincial, Mysia, Lampsakos:

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/meepzorp/rp_mysia_lamp.htm

These are new arrivals. I received them within the past few months.

Meepzorp

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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Re: This One Should Be Easy, but... Greek Coin Hd Facing with Horn of Ammon? 18mm

« Last post by Altamura on Today at 02:31:24 am »

... What do you do when the in-hand unknown item which you are searching for is 18mm, the example in Wildwinds is 12mm, and other examples are 14mm? ...

Continue your research  .

For Seleucid coins there is the database Seleucid Coins Online (SCO) showing in some sense the catalogue of the book by A. Houghton and C. Lorber, "Seleucid Coins: A Comprehensive Catalog".
There you see that for these coins do exist three denominations B, C and D:
http://numismatics.org/sco/results?q=authority_facet%3A%22Antiochos+I%22+AND+deity_facet%3A%22Athene%22+AND+material_facet%3A%22Bronze%22+AND+fulltext%3Afacing

With a size of 18 mm and the trident-like monogram on the reverse your coin is SC 319  : http://numismatics.org/sco/id/sc.1.319
(as already indicated in the link of Pekka).

Regards

Altamura

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Forum numizmatyki antycznej po polsku / Re: Rzadkie denary i inne nominały Trajana - chwalimy się, pytamy, rozmawiamy

« Last post by DzikiZdeb on Today at 01:56:53 am »

Skoro Pan pokazał, to i ja pokażę dwie "nieoficjalne" hybrydy Trajana 

Nie wiem, czy nie oba denarki to nie odlewy - dziury na popiersiu, w tle rewersu itp. są dość podobne, poza tym napis na końcówce legendy av pierwszej monety jest dość dziwnie wykruszony (przydało by się ostrzejsze zdjęcie).

Miom zdaniem może Pan z czystym sumieniem wrzucić oba do Fake Coin Reports.