I cannot say it is more interesting but somebody did something (Obv at 4 o clock Rv at 9 o clock)I still like it. Chalkidian League Ar...
Phokaia El Hekte 387-326 B.C. Obv Head of Omphale wearing lion skin headdress Below seal Rv. Quadripartite square. Anepigraphic Bodenstead 107...
My most embarrassing time as a speaker was about 12 years ago. I had volunteered to do a talk at the Classical Association of the Canadian West....
Ptolemy IV Ae Drachm 218?- 204 B.C.SE Series Obv Head of Zeus Ammon right. Rv Eagle standing left wings folded Sv 992 CPE B 50866.80 grms 41 mm...
When I started collecting ancient coins back in the early 1970's it was a very solitary pursuit. Nobody collected Roman coins locally nor did the...
My photographer W. Hansen prefers natural sunlight and basically uses a hand held camera. M. Porcius Cato Ar Denarius 89 B.C. Obv. Female head...
Trajan Ar Denarius RIC 142var Woytek 285c Obv Bust of Trajan right laureate Aegis on far shoulder Rv. Arabia standing left To left camel. 110 A.D....
For me it is the larger diameter coins such as Greek tetradrachms and Roman Imperial sestertii. With the large diameter coins you get to see much...
It is a very nice looking coin with unusually the whole design present. I would think it is in the Flament Group II period. Great purchase.
Another of my almost made it coins Taras Ar Nomos 390-385 B.C. Obv. Nude youth riding galloping horse right. Rv. Phalanthos nude riding dolphin...
Ptolemy V Drachm Sv 1423 Obv Head of Zeus Ammon right Rv Two Eagles standing left. 37.63 grms 36 mm [ATTACH]
I cannot comment on the Crawford 58/2 coin but the Crawford 57/2 is an ex RBW coin which is plated No 218 in the book The RBW Collection...
Nomos of Metapontion 340-330 B.C. Obv. Helmeted head of Leukippos right. Rv. ear of grain. Johnson B 2.2. 7.96 grms 22 mm Photo by W....
Well it looks like no one has done anything for a while So... Vetranio Ae Centenionalis Siscia RIC 285 350 A.D. Rv Emperor standing holding 2...
Some great coins in this group. I really like the portrait of Phlietairos, as well as the Taras and the Owl. All very nice coins. After the...
Perseus Pseudo-Rhodian Drachm Unknown mint in Thessaly. Obv. Head of Helios 3/4 to the right Rv Rose Hermais Magistrate Price Larissa 247 2,63...
Denarius of C. Licinius Macer 84. B.C. Obv Bust of Vejovis left seen from back about to throw thunderbolt. Rv Minerva driving galloping quadriga...
One of my almost made it coins Domitian Ar Denarius 88 A.D. Rv. Herald standing left facing low column. RIC 601 3.53 grms 18 mm Photo by W....
Seleukos I Nikator as Satrap Ar Tetradrachm 311-305In the name and types of Alexander III Babylon MintSC 82/3 17.03 grms 28 mm Photo by W....
My first exposure to ancient coins occurred when I was probably 11 or 12 years old. We had a mall about a half hour bike ride away and I used to...
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