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Identification Help / Commodus sestertius id help

« Last post by Tanit on Today at 02:03:17 pm »

Commodus sestertius

unfortunately I don't have the dimensions

Thanks

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Pottery / Red Slip Ware Pottery Fragment with Impressed Wreath Design Caesarea Maritima

« Last post by v-drome on Today at 01:52:11 pm »

Hi, all.  Wondering if anyone can tell me more about this fragment.  It is thinner and harder than my other red-slip frags, with a distinct "ring" when lightly dropped on a table.  My reference resources are very limited, but I found a similar decorative technique in the British Museum collection (see below), but very different, otherwise.  Any corrections or additions to my description and date appreciated.  Thanks, Jimi

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Roman Pottery Fragment Caesarea Maritima
1st-5th century CE?
Rim and wall fragment of a thin, delicately formed Roman terracotta
red-slip bowl.  Decorated with a double row of impressed, kidney-shaped
leaf designs, resembling a wreath encircling the vessel half-way between
the rim and the base.  These depressions are visible as slight protrusions
on the interior of the piece.  The lip is augmented with a 1.1cm. wide band
divided by an incised double groove.  There is a faint corresponding groove
on the interior of the rim.  Moulded, wheel made and incised, the interior
and exterior surfaces are marked with fine horizontal striations.  There is a
slight angularity near the bottom of the wall as it transitions into the base. 
The matrix is a fine-grained, light reddish-tan clay with minor porosity.  Ringing
sound when dropped. 5.0 x 3.8 x 0.3cm. (rim 0.6cm.)  9.64gm.
Surface find from Caesarea Maritima, 1970's
(click for larger pic)

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/G_1999-0427-2

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Forum numizmatyki antycznej po polsku / Re: Konwencje, konwencje

« Last post by Lech Stępniewski on Today at 08:43:21 am »

Jestem już przy porównywaniu monetka po monetce VII tomu RIC z tym, co odnotował Bastien w odpowiednim tomie "Le monnayage de l'atelier de Lyon" i dwóch suplementach.

Nadal staram się traktować RIC jako katalog podstawowy, bo w końcu moja strona jest suplementem do RIC. Niemniej chciałbym, by spory materiał, który zgromadził Bastien, jakoś wpasować do tych tabelek RIC. Ale czasem zderzenie konwencji nie ma dobrego rozwiązania. Na przykład w wypadku, gdy RIC rozróżnia popiersia z uwagi na typ hełmu, a Bastien nie. Nie będę zanudzał szczegółami, ale jest to chociażby problem odmian, których RIC nie notuje, choć chciałby, i których nie notuje także Bastien, ale dlatego, bo nie chce. Odnotował coś podobnego i to mu wystarczy. Tymczasem dla mnie, ćwiczonego na RIC-u, są to jednak dwie osobne odmiany.

Nb. Bastien ma ogromne zasługi dla numizmatyki, ale jego klasyfikacja popiersi pozostaje dla mnie wciąż nieprzejrzysta. Nie mogę uchwycić ogólnej zasady, jaka nim kierowała i podejrzewam, że takiej nie ma. W dużej części wygląda to na improwizację. Była na początku może jakaś reguła, ale potem pojawiły się nowe odmiany do klasyfikacji i żeby wszystkiego nie rozwalać i nie przenumerowywać trzeba było powstawiać w dość przypadkowe miejsca te nowe znaleziska z kolejnym numerem.

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Fake Coins and Notorious Fake Sellers / Re: Fake AR Aelius Denarius?

« Last post by djmacdo on Today at 06:57:19 am »

Probably real, just tragically corroded!

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Greek Coins / Re: Phoenicia Arados - Bronze

« Last post by Arados on Today at 05:27:09 am »

The latest addition to my Arados collection and extremely rare, this coin was struck in 24-23 BCE and has a combination of Phoenician and Greek letters below the galley prow. The Greek letters represent the Aradian era date (ΣΛς) 236.

Ref: Duyrat 2005, pg.70 nos.2482-2486.

https://phoeniciancoins.wordpress.com/2023/10/01/ar-no-tpap-236-dmσλς12-b-aen/

https://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pid=184502

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Roman Provincial Coins / Re: Anyone seen one of these before?

« Last post by DRVSVS on Today at 04:15:25 am »

Thanks Peter, glad you like it.

Regards,

- Andrew

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Roman Provincial Coins / Re: Anyone seen one of these before?

« Last post by Enodia on Today at 02:08:54 am »

I like this coin, very cool.

~ Peter

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Uncleaned Ancient Coin Discussion / Re: The temptation of the brass brush

« Last post by Nathaniel N2 on Today at 01:33:11 am »

You might want to consider purchasing a fiberglass brush. In my experience, they clean surfaces much more gently than brass brushes thus avoiding the gold points, while digging the dirt out of the finer details. $7 for 3 is a good price and you will want to buy a lot of them. I was told they last a lifetime, but I love mine so much that I abuse them on coins the instant I start seeing details. They are the best thing to clean up surfaces with a thin layer of gucky stuff.

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Fake Coins and Notorious Fake Sellers / Re: Fake AR Aelius Denarius?

« Last post by Mat on Yesterday at 09:58:37 pm »

Looks fine, just over cleaned.

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Ancient Coin Forum / Re: Building an app for numismatics, and need your Feedback dear collectors!

« Last post by Nick M2 on Yesterday at 09:46:27 pm »

This sounds like a good idea. I was just looking at Coin Archives and saw an auction I missed that had a much better price for the coin i wanted, and that auction wasn't listed on either biddr or numisbids.

If you really want to create something unique, come up with a way to use AI to analyze an uploaded image of a coin and match the front and back to know dies. I think that would be real useful. Good luck.