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

« Last post by Ken W2 on Today at 01:20:14 pm »

Thanks for the work and follow-ups guys.  The scale of, and effort folks put into, this kind of trickery is just hard to believe.   

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FORVM Announcements and Website Help / Capital One Credit Card Referral

« Last post by Joe Sermarini on Today at 12:10:02 pm »

Use the link below to apply for a Capital One Credit card. If you get one, I get $100 - Thanks. I actually do recommend this Capital One. I have had one of there cards for a long time and it has a lower than typical interest rate.

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Biblical & Judean Coins Discussion Forum / Re: Rosh or No Rosh

« Last post by Joe Sermarini on Today at 11:43:57 am »

Thanks Aarmale and Jochen. I can see it now (with your help of course).

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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Re: last akce for ID

« Last post by Giba L on Today at 11:18:47 am »

super,

and number 3 Beiazyd I ...  i hope   

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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Re: Greek bronze?

« Last post by djmacdo on Today at 10:58:41 am »

Probably an ancient imitation of the type.  The style is not normal.

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Biblical & Judean Coins Discussion Forum / Re: Rosh or No Rosh

« Last post by Jochen on Today at 10:57:12 am »

Dear Joe!

My suggestion is the following: The yellow letters from right to left are:
(1) Lamed (last letter of GDL)
(2) Resh
(3) Aleph
(4) Shin (in yellow circle, only faint)

So it is the variant with ROSH

Kind regards
Jochen

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Ancient and Medieval Coin Identification Help / Re: Greek Athena-Nike but which issue ? Help

« Last post by helvetica on Today at 10:52:37 am »

Note that the KOR part of the reverse legend of that type is ligate (noted on the RPC page by a bar over KOR), and often resembles just a K.

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Biblical & Judean Coins Discussion Forum / Re: Rosh or No Rosh

« Last post by Aarmale on Today at 10:32:27 am »

I think this one is a "rosh" type; I have illustrated the RW[Sh] that I see on the attached picture. (I have shown the letter forms here as I see them, not as they "should be".)

Usually in situations like this, I try to fit the expected inscription with the letters that I can see more clearly. For example, YHWHNN is easy to see. After this, we could have HKHN, KHN, or the like. The two vertical lines we see on line 2 would most likely be the kaf and nun of HKHN. And so on, in this manner.

The kaf and nuns appear as vertical lines, as mentioned, and this is consistent with other "square-type" Hasmonean inscriptions.

It is worth noting that the resh of RWSh is open on the top, like the resh in HBR, and on other RWSh types. Additionally, the aleph looks very much like a waw, which is also the usual form.

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Celtic, Barbaric & Tribal Imitative Coins Discussion Forum / Re: Beautiful nummo of Hilderic

« Last post by antvwala on Today at 10:29:36 am »

Same seller, equally fake, sold on eBay for £60
A very rare and interesting vandal nummus minted in the name of Godas, king of Sardinia

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FORVM Announcements and Website Help / Re: Full Solar Eclipse

« Last post by St. George's Collection on Today at 10:14:52 am »

Saw the eclipse in totality.  It was an awesome experience.  Even though I knew the exact second it was starting, and i had an idea of how the sky would look, the excitement and mystery of the event struck me as it must have struck the ancient peoples who observed and recorded such events back to the beginning of written history.

It's a very cool thing to be part of.