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    Medusa's Gaze

    Nice video, @Amit Vyas! [ATTACH] Greek Coinages, THRACE, Apollonia Pontica, Tetrobol, 450-350, anchor flanked by crayfish and A, rev. Gorgoneion...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Sep 12, 2026 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Historically significant coins?

    A la Carte: Antony & Octavian, the two most powerful figures in the final years of the Roman Republic / Battle of Actium Opponents [ATTACH] Mark...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Aug 30, 2026 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Historically significant coins?

    Theme: Suppression of the first Jewish Revolt The city walls on the mural crown of Tyche on the reverse of the coin below are among the most...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Aug 30, 2026 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Mural crown or Kalathos?

    For a comparison, the city walls on the mural crown of Tyche on the reverse of the coin below are among the most clear of several coins that I...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Aug 28, 2026 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Christ Coin

    Thanks for the compliments on my coin. @Valentinian,that's a very nice reference. Thanks for sending the links!
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Aug 28, 2026 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Christ Coin

    Nice pick-up. Here's a similar example of mine: [ATTACH] Anonymous Æ 40 Nummi (28 mm, 10.47 g, 6 h). Time of Basil II (976-1025 AD) and...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Aug 27, 2026 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Ionia, Miletos

    Yes,and what a big, 8-syllable, tongue-twisting name for such a spec of a coin: Hemitetartemorion!! Here's how junior fits into his Greek family...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Aug 17, 2026 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Nero & Poppaea: Rome’s Deadliest Love Story

    Amit Vyas, interesting video on that dark history, and nice coin of Nero and Poppaea! Here's my example: [ATTACH] EGYPT. Alexandria. Nero,...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Aug 17, 2026 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Ionia, Miletos

    Nice coins! I have a few tiny coins from Ionia, but none with the lion. This is my smallest one, at 0.10g: [ATTACH] IONIA. Uncertain. Circa...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Aug 16, 2026 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Greek art, fame and fake news : the Tyche of Antioch

    Interesting article and coin examples on the Tyche of Antioch, @GinoLR! The reverse of this tetradrachm has another depiction of the statue:...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Jun 3, 2025 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Post your captives

    [ATTACH] Vespasian, 69-79. AR Denarius (17 mm, 3.31 g, 6 h). Rome mint. Undated, circa 21st of December 69 to Early 70 AD. IMP CAESAR...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Jan 12, 2025 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Post your captives

    [ATTACH] Titus, 79-81. AR Denarius (18 mm, 3.27 g, 7 h). Rome mint, 79 AD, after 1st of July. [IMP] TITVS CAES VESPASIAN AVG P M (outward);...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Jan 11, 2025 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Macedonian shield coin with Gorgon

    Nice pick-up- I like that coin design with the helmet and shield. Here's a similar one from my collection. [ATTACH] Greek Cyprus, Salamis....
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Feb 21, 2024 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Antiochus' elephants

    Interesting Seleucid countermarks, @Marsyas Mike! Your coins with the horse head countermarks applied to reverses featuring an elephant remind me...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Nov 21, 2023 in forum: Ancient Coins
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    Antiochus' elephants

    Nice article, @GinoLR, about Seleucid coins, Laodice IV, and elephant forces! My coin that is similar to your example is below. This one was...
    Post by: Carl Wilmont, Nov 21, 2023 in forum: Ancient Coins