Here are some hints to help you along. Your 2nd coin features Hercules as the portrait on the obverse/Apollo & wreath on reverse.
The reverse on your 1st pic is upside down. Sicily-Agathokles -- Artemis/Winged thunderbolt. Most of your coins aren't too hard to identify with...
Riding side-saddle.. As the kids say these days "That's dope!" @zumbly's is pretty nice too. Count me in as one in the 'waiting for the right...
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As someone who derives personal enjoyment in attributing ancient coins, I find myself much more inclined to provide assistance to someone looking...
Yep could be this one. The magistrate appears to be the same as your linked coin. Ioulios Andronikos (euergetes) [IMG][IMG]...
[ATTACH] Justinian I(AD 527-565) Æ Follis (40 Nummi) Constantinople Year 30 = AD 556/7 O: DN IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVC, Helmeted and cuirassed bust...
I too have been looking into how to improve my coin photos. What I've been achieving with a cheap phone and flash has left little to be desired;...
While I'm understanding of the reasoning behind a desire towards mint(or near mint)-state coins, I'm of the opinion that flaws that don't severely...
My understanding is that ΣΕΒΑΣΤΟΥ(SEBASTOS) is the Greek representation of Augustus. Now of course, subsequent IMPERATORs('ΑΥΤΟΚΡΑΤΟΡΟΣ' in your...
Heh, Gotta be quick around here; @Terence Cheesman beat me to the punch. Fortunately, my coin still satisfies the two previous requests. [ATTACH]...
The base metal of most ancient coins not made of silver or gold(or a combination of) is copper, or copper mixed with other metals to make an...
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I have a coin like that of your 1st coin shown. It's in pretty rough shape, and my attempts at photographing it are poor. So it is merely a...
Scholars have suggested that Melqart was also associated with Beelzebub or Ba'al Zebub(meaning 'Lord of the Flies') in early Abrahamic beliefs....
Civic issue during the time of Trajan... [ATTACH] Phoenicia, Tyre, Pseudo-autonomous civic issue Time of Roman Emperor Trajan 112/113 A.D. O:...
Nah. I think I'm gonna have to pass. Never been a big fan of snakes. [IMG]
I'm not sure if this is my most 'realistic' portrait, but for some reason the look on her face speaks to me in some way -- I dunno exactly what...
Merely comparing the portraits.. The 1st coin appears like a 'life-mask', while the 2nd has the look of a 'death-mask' The 2nd coin's surface...
Believed to be his Grandpappy. A little long in the tooth too... [ATTACH] Pub. Sulla, Rome, 151 BC. AR Denarius (16mm, 3.53g) O: Helmeted head...
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