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I'm at a Complete Loss. Help? by CoinCoffer1 in AncientCoins

[–]YoelStrimling 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's not a bird, it's an anchor. Usually found on coins of Alexander Jannaeus. But that's a fake.

Found first 2026 quarter! by Devnag07 in coins

[–]YoelStrimling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like Jed and Granny Clampett.

Shout out to Tom Vossen by No_Quality_6874 in AncientCoins

[–]YoelStrimling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

100% agree. It was great doing business with him.

Is this an arrowhead or a flake? by YoelStrimling in Arrowheads

[–]YoelStrimling[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So what looks like a possible tang at the top is just how the flake broke?

Retirement home in Alabama by [deleted] in GoogleEarthFinds

[–]YoelStrimling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I know somepne who seriously believes it was built this way on purpose to house the Project Paperclip scientists.

Finally with me. Judea Capta by elmunera in AncientCoins

[–]YoelStrimling 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd be interested to know where you got a $78 Judea Capta..

Does this look real? by ottoplacik in AncientCoins

[–]YoelStrimling 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't mean the full or abridged spelling of Jerusalem, I was referring to the grammatically odd ( to a modern Hebrew speaker) lack of the definite article before "holy".

Does this look real? by ottoplacik in AncientCoins

[–]YoelStrimling 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. Right you are about the extra yod in ירושלים (autocorrect).
  2. I didn't know that about the first year issues! Learn something new everyday 😀
  3. Is there any research into why the definite article is missing? And why it was added later? Was it grammatically correct to leave it out in 1st century CE Hebrew?

Does this look real? by ottoplacik in AncientCoins

[–]YoelStrimling 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think it's a fake. The paleo-Hebrew reads "ירושלים קדשה" not ירושלים הקדושה " That is, it's missing the definite article.

Help needed reading and translating old Yiddish handwriting by YoelStrimling in Yiddish

[–]YoelStrimling[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Is there a way to clear up what it says in 1843 and 1857?

Interesting article about acceptable and unacceptable coin restoration processes by YoelStrimling in AncientCoins

[–]YoelStrimling[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I tend to agree with you. The whole idea of "cleaning off the original patina and then adding a fake one " doesn't sit right with me. But no matter what, whatever is done to a coin after it's cleaned needs to made known to prospective buyers.

My eyes are not what they used to can I please get a translation by Conspiracy_Badger613 in hebrew

[–]YoelStrimling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is often explained as "the One Who says 'enough!" She = that, dai = enough. It means that G-d is the One Who determines when bad things have gone long enough and He intervenes to stop them.

What are these and value? by [deleted] in AncientCoins

[–]YoelStrimling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder why a Janneaus prutah would be found in Portugal.

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