Here are a couple of hook-neck 8 reales, Mexico, and a sun and mountains 8 reales, Guatemala. Mexico Republic, 8 reales 1823 JM, Mexico City. KM...
Justin II, AE follis, Antioch, Year 1, 565/66 AD, officina A. SB 378 15.8 grams [ATTACH] Next: Cherson
That's right. My coin is something of a hybrid insofar as Byzantine/Christian symbols are incorporated in the design, compared to the more...
Interesting coin! I only have a few Parthenian coins, and only one for Orodes II. This is a tetradrachm struck following the death of his...
Lovely coin and nice presentation! Here's a recent acquisition (2022), which unfortunately has some incipient bronze disease. I have the coin in...
Justinian I, follis, Constantinople, year 32, 558/59. From Roma E-Sale 94, lot 147. Sear 163 17.96 grams [ATTACH] Next: Antioch
Thanks! I love them as well. The hammer struck copper coins have the rugged character similar to cobs. Also, these coins were very plentiful...
Thanks! I didn't collect very many French coins, let alone Napoleonic, during my crown collecting years, but I do like to have coins with...
Mexico, Morelos, copper "SUD" TC (Tierra Caliente), 1813. Insurgent issue. [ATTACH] Mexico, Morelos, cast silver "SUD" 1813. Insurgent...
Yes, but you might need to look at provincial coinage, Alexandria specifically. There's also a very rare denarius of Claudius on the obverse and...
Cisalpine Republic, scudo, 1800, year 8. Davenport 199 23.12 grams [ATTACH] Mexico, Ferdinand VII, 8 escudos, 1809 HJ. KM 160 27.0 grams [ATTACH]
Weight? That's an interesting stamp, possibly a collector's stamps? These coins were issued in larger denominations - 2 and 5 pounds - as well...
Lucilla, AE sestertius, AD 164-169. From Roma E-Sale 82, lot 1393. Ex Vitangelo. RIC III 1742-Aurelius [ATTACH] How about Claudius (the...
Potosi, 8 reales, 1791PR. [ATTACH] Germany, Free City of Regensburg, thaler, Francis II. KM 469 28.03 grams [ATTACH]
Wonderful examples posted! These coins have an important historical context, that of the rivalry between the Achaemenid Empire and Athens and...
I've purchased ancients in the past from eternitycoin, an eBay seller based in Beverly Hills, California. He sells mainly slabbed coins, but also...
Potosi 8 reales cob, Charles III, (1)770 V(Y). KM 45 26.9 grams [ATTACH] Potosi, 8 reales, Charles III, 1770 JR. KM50 27.3 grams [ATTACH]...
Here's a pickup from last month: Attica, Athens AR New Style Tetradrachm. Circa 159/8 BC. Lysan-, Glaukos and Mened-, magistrates. Helmeted head...
Mexico, 4 reales, Philip V, 1735 MF. KM 94 Gilboy M-4-7-a 13.23 grams [ATTACH] Lima, 8 escudos, Philip V, 1738 N. KM 38.2 [ATTACH]
Russia, Peter I, ruble, 1721 (Cyrillic date), Moscow. KM 157.5, Uzd 599 27.81 grams [ATTACH] Russia, Peter II, ruble, 1727 CHE, St...
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