Completely unrelated, just my new favorite French royal house animal: House of Orleans, Castle of Blois: [IMG] [IMG]
Possible it is initials only, written as linked cursive.
And here's the newest Schmoll. She has been salvaged by breaking away the background shell. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Suspect at the time there was not a language distinction between the material glass & a glass pane in a window, so 'this glass' could be 'this...
The new Tignani Flora. Depth of mount in the back suggests she once had a glazed cover for a memento compartment. Smells like brass. Before &...
I remember their previous appearance. I would call them gaiters. :)
@Jivvy She's here. Don't have the light now to photo the cleaned up obverse, but overhead fluorescent does a good job with signature. Not at...
The Romans were already doing something like this to darken & even out the color of chalcedony, soaking in a sugar solution then subjecting it to...
Be very, very careful if you are being asked to sell for others & to accept what they tell you about age & origin of coins. The Balkans have made...
The Three Graces. https://cameotimes.com/index.php/profiles-1/minor-gods/three-graces
The condition of the surface of a coin provides information to the expert eye, so whether or not to clean/polish ancient coins is a debated topic....
[ATTACH] Magistrate's name: Dineas
For further research: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/ionia/ephesos/i.html
How many coins do you have? Are these 4 different pieces with one blank side on each or the obverses & reverses of 2 coins? If only 2 coins,...
I would guess jet chips.
I use one for a vintage pendant watch. But also a good place to anchor your quizzing glass: [IMG] And see this thread:...
Or laurel.
It rather does say 'you'. ;)
Seller has about 10 unexceptional looking items that were started off at $1,000 & are now knocked down 25% to $750. Suspect it's a way, without...
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