Very nice! I placed a lowball bid on that coin, glad it went to a fellow CTer.
Another coin from late 2019, and a little outside my usual collecting area: [ATTACH] Cappadocia. AR drachm. Ariobarzanes I (96-63 BC), Year 5....
That's a great Vespasian bronze portrait! Here's my own Vespasian sestertius, with a slightly less substantial but still attractive portrait:...
It's been nearly two days since I last posted a Parthian coin, so enjoy this: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Mithradatkart mint. Mithradates III...
I won one coin (out of three bid on). Had to increase my initial bid on the winning coin (on Frank's advice), but it worked out for me.
Very cool OP coin! I always enjoy seeing coins that fuse 2 seemingly distinct cultures. No culture exists in a vacuum, and often the most...
Hi Svein, To be completely honest, I don't actually remember sending you that coin :facepalm: I know that I have sent free coins to some other...
If you start at 7 o'clock and read clockwise, with a little imagination you can read "IOVI CONSERVATORI AUGG" and in exergue "ALP" (some of the...
Thank you @Alwin for you comments. 1. I admit that the case is uncertain, and while I see similarity between the S.61 and 63 portraits I do...
Re: An easy way to identify ancients: This reminds me of an answer I once heard to the question of how to properly grade (US) coins. "Grading...
1. The spot on the reverse of my OP coin is a small lump of silvery metal (lighter in color than the coin) that is stuck to the surface of the...
Your coin is not of Constantine, but rather of the Roman emperor Gratian (367-383 AD). The inscription on obverse reads DN GRATIANVS PF AVG...
It's time for another excursion into the world of contested Parthian attributions: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Artabanos II (Shore,...
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