Good questions best left to the experts who cataloged and researched these in detail. One possible aspect was the style of issue and metal used...
Beautiful specimen.. Even more amazing you have 2..wow
I was referring to the Nepos gold. I see a strong lustre and prominent strike lines on it.. For a gold coin of that age, it is in extraordinary...
Wow!! incredible condition..literally mint state
Very nice.. thanks for sharing
Thank you very much.. I hoped the forum would like it given it's history.. I see many strong enthusiasts on Roman and Greek numismatics here
Thanks a lot :cat:.. Technically from a Western and European POV.. Hence when Charlemagne reunified much of Europe he crowned himself and was...
Thank you very much:))). You are right that this is very much debatable since the Eastern Roman Empire (aka Byzantine) still stands.. But I merely...
Fall and End of the Roman Empire! [ATTACH] Odoacer. 476-491. King of Italy. Medialum (Milan), Italy. Silver Half siliqua. 0.76g. Choice VF to...
Nice coin.. Good write up and quotations from sources as well.. These pre-Qin round holed coins are indeed rare and more so than the spades and...
The Bronze Shakyamuni Buddha's come in drachm, didrachm and tetradrachm sizes. Surprisingly the drachms are rarer than the tets. Maitreya comes...
My pleasure.. It should be Chong Ning Zhong Bao based in the standard Pinyin system. Older books may write it as Chong Bao but that was pre PRC...
My pleasure.. I always thought that cuneiform in its standard form was the oldest. Only recently I realized and came across the knowledge that...
Not really.. Kushan coins precede Kanishka such as the Vima Soters and others.. Kanishka himself issued quiet a number of coins in other...
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