Hello ladies and gents, 3 months ago I bought my first lot of 34 ancient coins, it was the spark that lit the hobby. The coins were random, this...
2020 was way too lucky for me in terms of cheap coins. When I started, in October, I was under the impression that you can only buy some 4th...
Not quite. http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2_3(2).hdn.385-391 722 was the previous coin you posted. When I want to attribute a coin, down to...
I would recommend opening a new topic for a new coin. I also have a drachm I had issues with - check this topic and you might find some leads...
I use wildwinds, acsearch.info, Numismatics.org/ocre. I also have the RIC volumes but I don't find they are very user friendly to identify a coin,...
You're welcome. Glad I could help. For me, being a beginner (started collecting ancients in October) it's very entertaining to attribute coins,...
Merry Christmas! I think this is Hadrianus AR Denarius, Roma reverse Hadrianus (117-138 AD). AR Denarius (18-19 mm, 3.22 g), Roma (Rome), 125-128...
Even if I said my numismatic year ended in November, I couldn't resist and bought 24 coins from an auction last weekend and the package arrived...
I see another Tetartemorion here so mine isn't lonely. Do you know what was the actual value of them back in those days? What could a person buy...
I bought some Greek coins from a recent auction because I wanted some examples from this area in my collection. I knew their sizes from the...
Looks more like the bee (Price 1937-38). Will have to check the coin tomorrow in hand, although the auction house pics were good.
I think @JayAg47 was right in the attribution. The coin is not in the best shape, but I like it and I think the price was very good for me, as I...
That was my initial attribution as well but to make things more interesting, there is Price 1937-38 with the bee facing left....
Antoninus Pius is disapointed and susprised [ATTACH] ... but Septimius Severus was expecting this [ATTACH] Magnentius just stares blankly...
Thank you! I could have spent the next 20 years without noticing the spear, i thought that is just the exterior of the design. I was just about to...
Hello ladies and gentlemen, I have this drachm [ATTACH] Described by the auction house just with these details: "Kings of Macedon. Kolophon (?)....
@Marsyas Mike, Nerva would be jealous on that nose.
Thank you @Roman Collector , helpful as always. I was only puzzled because all the examples from here http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.3.ant.234...
Hello ladies and gents, One of the coins Santa Claus brought me is this Antoninus Pius Libertalitas denarius [ATTACH] Even if I recently...
Not sure why they mentioned Siscia as I cannot even find this coin type minted in Siscia. Usually they are quite OK with descriptions, they don't...
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