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I've applied this method numerous times without any problems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNrRI755cQU&ab_channel=TheCoinGeek congratulations on this fantastic coin ! If you can read French, Ivo LUKANC's book “Les imitations des monnaies d'Alexandre le Grand et de Thasos” is a must-read.
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Congratulations ! A truly charming portrait.
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2.49 FRF in 1910 would correspond roughly to 11€ in 2024. was it a good investment ?
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A spectacular Syracuse tetradrachm from the Deinomenid tyranny
Brennos replied to Bannerknight's topic in Greek
To my knowledge, 58 tetradrachms and 22 dekadrachms are known -
@Lelouch The most in-depth recent studies on the subject (W. Fischer-Bossert and S. Maltese) place the very first facing Arethusa tetradrachms of Kimon in 405, which gives a terminus post quem. The terminus ante quem is probably the issue date of the bronze drachma head of Athena/star between two dolphins. If we assume that the minting of this coin was concomitant with the cessation of the minting of the tetradrachms, then we have a date around 395. @Lovelyancientcoins There's absolutely nothing suspicious about your coins, and in my opinion as a sicilian bronze collector, they've been very well cleaned.
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"Healthy" Greek prices at the Phillips/Oxford Noonans auction.
Brennos replied to Deinomenid's topic in Greek
And if the consignor is who I think he is (a well-known Belgian collector) beware of the hidden reserve prices, which must be very high. -
The fourth known drachma of Spanioli's Group A (with the ethnic above the bull). In her corpus, she lists 263 staters but only three drachms. Italy, Lucania, Sybaris Drachm circa 540/30-526, AR 2.5 g. Bull standing l. on dotted exergual line, looking backwards; VM above. Rev. The same type incuse. ref. Spagnoli groupe A 1002 D2/R2? ------ a previously unknown die combinaison for Syracuse wich is pretty rare and what's more, for the Demareteion series. Sicily, Syracuse. Tetradrachm of the Demareteion series circa 465, AR 16.84 g. Obv: Slow quadriga right, driven by a male charioteer holding goad and reins. Above, Nike flying to right, crowning horses. Dotted border. Rev: ΣV – RAK – OΣ – ION Head of Arethusa r., wearing olive wreath, earring and necklace, framed within a circle and surrounded by four dolphins swimming clockwise. ref. Boehringer - (V198/R268); Randazzo Hoard -; Sult (JNG 60, 2010) -
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I've personally found that a black background doesn't work well with silver coins and tends to produce overexposed results. I use a white background for silver coins and for darker bronzes, I use a more or less dark grey background depending on the coin. I also use remove.db in order to digitally remove the background. example for my "shiniest" silver coin and for a bronze coin with a dark green patina. :
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new record = new coin 🙂 SICILY, Syracuse. Agathokles. 317-289 BC. AV Dekadrachm (2.85 g, 12h). Struck circa 305-289 BC. a/ Head of Apollo left, wearing laurel wreath r/Charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving galloping biga right; triskeles below horses, EY monogram in exergue. Bérend, l’or pl. 9, 11; Gulbenkian 337. For Bérend, this rare Apollo/Biga type issue of reduced weight, of which only one obv. die and three rev. dies are known, is the result of an increase in the gold to silver ratio from 1:10 to 1:15. A ratio that today stands at... 1:84 (?!)
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Congratulations, you've done a very great job ! Gil Davis is working on a new corpus of archaic coins from Athens.
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Post the ‘Crown Jewel(s)’ of your collection!
Brennos replied to AncientCoinnoisseur's topic in General
So this wasn't a Leu auction 🙂 Of course it's very hard to choose your favorite children... The first one because it lights up the trays like the sun while the second one seems to stand guard.- 44 replies
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I think Thermae is the only Sicilian city to have adopted the portrait of Hera on its coins. Sicily. Thermai Himeraiai. Litra. 383-376 BC Ag. 0,90 g. A.: Head of Hera right, wearing polos; ΘΕΡΜΙΤΑΝ before, AP front. R.: Herakles seated left on lion skin draped over rock, holding club, bow behind. Ref. Hgc-1614
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