HadrianCrescent7StarsDenarius

Wouldn't it be easier to just have Mike send you his coins, and then you send Ed the ones you didn't want?

This coin, the Nero, what else?

I must have passed on at least 50 of this type before I bought this one. It is incredibly sharp.

Enjoy!

-mike

That question has popped up from time to time. Several theories are discussed halfway down the page at this website

http://tjbuggey.ancients.info/astro.html

Clay

You will note similarities to this object which pre-dates your coin by some 1700 years.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_sky_disk

Yes, Clay, it would be exciting. In my neck of the woods, the best I could hope for is an old penny.

I still think I should move to Bulgaria with a back hoe.

Nice article about the disk, Mark. I particularly liked the following line:

"If you urinate on a piece of bronze and then hide it in the ground for a few weeks you can produce the same patina as on the disk."

Might try this sometime with a few of my overcleaned lesser coins. :)

J

Wait a minute Jeff, now I am starting to really wonder about that authentic, 9th century BC bronze door knob you sold me.

I am thinking that maybe the engraved words "Master Lock" are not the name of the ruling satrap as you claimed.

I'm not feeling good about the $5k I paid you.

I did tell you that it was a "natural patina." What do you want? :)

J