The 5 sen on the left is Showa year 15 (1940), the 5 sen on the right is Showa year 17 (1942), and the ten sen in the middle is Showa year 18...
For counting purposes, I’m number 15. Looking forward to seeing the final challenger. Good luck to all!
I might as well enter... I may have one that’s good enough.
Well, after going to the FUN show last week, I decided to go to my state’s local show this week. I came back with some neat things. First on the...
One of the few times Byzantine rulers had some realism put into their portraits. Absolutely gorgeous!
Here’s an early photograph of an anonymous follis. My first Byzantine coin, ex-Kern. Early photo so bad quality. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
How old is the bar?
I believe you’re thinking of the wrong person. I had a black t-shirt with Latin on it the first day, and a white t-shirt with an engraving of...
Very nice writeup! Here is an example of the Slender Gold Script, unfortunately not in gold. Didn’t the Tang also issue some silver coins?[ATTACH]
Does the mullet on the breast make it rare?
Same here. Same here. Very chunky!
I have an image of some of the neat ancients I saw. The dealer’s wife was a very nice lady. [ATTACH]
A Louis the Pious obol minted at Melle, France from 819-822 AD. My one and only auction win and ex Cederlind. One day I’ll get a corresponding...
@ancientcoinguru Wait a minute. I think I met you. What was your table? It didn’t hit me that the photo above was you.
I remember that lady! I didn’t take any photos of people, just stuff.
Here’s a neat article about them. https://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/medalsmementoes/dimes.htm
I’d like to see the Anastasius nummis. Also, I made exactly the same mistake you did.
I see Byzantine labels. Hooray!
A 3 cent piece is 14 mm, so yours is the smaller one.
How big is your coin? Just use a dime for scale. A dime is a millimeter larger than the one you first chose. On CNG’s archives they say the sphinx...
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