An interesting little group of notes. Was the grandmother from Czechoslovakia? Your last note (10 kroon) is from Estonia.
Here's my Alexandrian diobol of Claudius, featuring a hippopotamus on the reverse: [ATTACH] And an Alexandrian tetradrachm: [ATTACH]
Well, of course Steve Album's auctions aren't as popular as Heritage or Stack's. Most of the coins Steve Album features aren't Greek or Roman,...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Phriapatios I (c.185-170 BC). AE chalkos (3.54 g, 14 mm). Obverse: bust left in bashlyk. Reverse: Horse walking...
Nice! I've won 4 coins in the auction (3 Parthian and 1 Arab-Sasanian), hopefully I can get some good books in the literature portion tomorrow.
I have just one siliqua, of Arcadius: [ATTACH]
"Interstellar" is a perfectly legitimate word, meaning "between the stars". It's been used by astronomers (and science fiction writers) for a...
The coin on the left is an Arab-Sasanian bronze. The portrait is supposedly based on a deity surrounded by flames, but clearly it is representing...
This posthumous denarius of Antoninus Pius depicts his funeral pyre on the reverse: [ATTACH]
Nice write-up! And also a reminder that I need to take the time to post some of my recent coins soon. This drachm (Sellwood 67.1) was attributed...
Growing up, when giving a knife as a gift, the recipient has to immediately pay the giver a penny or other small denomination coin. The reason...
For a while, my percentages kept listing a significant (~12-15%) component as "Middle East" or "Turkish/Caucuses". Not entirely implausible for...
Herakles slaying the lion also shows up on this 1926 half lek from Albania: [ATTACH]
Ave Caesar! Ave Augustus! [ATTACH]
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