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Forum numizmatyki antycznej po polsku / Re: Akarnania Stater

« Last post by Piotr N on Today at 02:43:13 am »

Dzięki. To mój pierwszy pegaz

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Forum's Coins and Antiquities Consignment Shop / Re: When things are not what they have been described to be.

« Last post by Joe Sermarini on Yesterday at 11:00:57 pm »

It was driving me mad that it was so different from all the Cypriot flasks I found in references and online. I was so happy to find the Canaanite imitative.

Here is a link to Livius - Plutarch on Caesar and the pirates. The page says 75 B.C., not 78 B.C.  It doesn't seem likely that the events described by Plutarch happened after Rome took Olympos from the pirates. If you don't know the story, click it. It is a great read.

https://www.livius.org/sources/content/plutarch/plutarchs-caesar/caesar-and-the-pirates/

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Forum's Coins and Antiquities Consignment Shop / Re: When things are not what they have been described to be.

« Last post by Jay GT4 on Yesterday at 10:41:34 pm »

The Canaanite flask is outstanding. Amazing it's stayed in tact for over 3000 years.  Very interesting about the color of the clay.

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Ancient Coin Forum / Re: Adding to my coin attributions: weight, diameter, and die axis

« Last post by Ron C2 on Yesterday at 09:35:52 pm »

I use degrees, not clock coordinates, and estimate to nearest 15 degrees.

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Forum's Coins and Antiquities Consignment Shop / When things are not what they have been described to be.

« Last post by Joe Sermarini on Yesterday at 09:16:45 pm »

I always enjoy it when consignments come in that have been incorrectly identified by a previous seller AND I find something "fun." Here are some recent ones.

It is not Cypriot...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=23894q00.jpg&vpar=18&zpg=111284&fld=

It is not Lycian League...
https://www.forumancientcoins.com/catalog/roman-and-greek-coins.asp?param=99393q00.jpg&vpar=18&zpg=114550&fld=

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Ancient Coin Forum / Re: Adding to my coin attributions: weight, diameter, and die axis

« Last post by Joe Sermarini on Yesterday at 09:10:15 pm »

For some coins the "wrong" die axis will give you a clue that the coin may be a fourree, imitative or a fake. Most of time current fake makers know the correct die axis.

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Ancient Coin Forum / Re: Adding to my coin attributions: weight, diameter, and die axis

« Last post by Virgil H on Yesterday at 07:36:20 pm »

I think 15 degrees is fine. Jay, my collection is not that big, so I could do it once I realized it was a useful attribute. The bigger the collection, the more time involved.

Virgil

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Forum numizmatyki antycznej po polsku / Re: Monety do strony NOT IN RIC

« Last post by Lech Stępniewski on Yesterday at 07:34:16 pm »

A to Pan zna?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clearview_AI
https://cyfrowa.rp.pl/sztuczna-inteligencja/art36099341-twarze-nie-maja-juz-tajemnic-nowe-oblicze-wojny
https://www.chip.pl/2020/01/clearview-ai-koniec-anonimowosci-jest-bliski/

Ja dopiero teraz się dowiedziałem. I co Pan na to?

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Ancient Coin Forum / Re: Adding to my coin attributions: weight, diameter, and die axis

« Last post by Jay GT4 on Yesterday at 06:57:19 pm »

I've wanted to add die axis for a long time but have never gotten around to it.  Big job to go through them all.  I may just start from new ones I add for now.

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Ancient Coin Forum / Re: Adding to my coin attributions: weight, diameter, and die axis

« Last post by Joe Sermarini on Yesterday at 06:24:24 pm »

I only try to be accurate to 15 degrees.