Nice coins! Here's a sestertius of Philip I with four standards on the reverse. RIC 171a; Cohen 51 17.43 grams [ATTACH]
This archaic owl is probably the oldest coin in the collection, and clearly eligible for social security. This coin is my Seltman Group H owl,...
Let's try another subject. [ATTACH] Next: A coin showing a chariot or biga being pulled by anything but horses.
Here's my Charles and Joanna 4 reales, KM 0018, L-Mo. This coin was struck on a narrow, irregular flan, but it is not salvaged, as far as I can...
That's a beautiful coin and well preserved at full weight! Congrats!
There's one good general guide of hammer struck Spanish colonial coins. It is The Practical book of Cobs, by Daniel and Frank Sedwick. This book...
A retired geologist picked up some shards at an archeological site in Iraq. Here's the story:...
To me fine style means that a portrait or other subject on a coin is rendered in a realistic, expressive (for me) manner that reflects the...
Trajan, 103-111 AD Tetradrachm Phoenicia, Tyre Obverse: Laurate bust right, eagle below right, club left. Reverse: Tyche seated facing right,...
I stand corrected. Thanks.
Here's a BI tetradrachm of Gordian III toting a sword and shield, which I guess makes this a heroic portrait, unless he is just going out to do...
Gallienus, 253-268 AD Tetradrachm Alexandria Sol reverse 10.22 grams [ATTACH] Next: A Greek or Phoenician coin with an Egyptian theme or...
Wonderful examples! Curtisimo, the toning and strike for your coin is exceptional!
Nice!
I have precious few of those, being mostly a collector of Greek ancients, but this antoninianus had always appealed to me, ever since I acquired...
More archeology news from today's Guardian....
[ATTACH] Next: Another nice portrait, Roman, Greek or other.
That 1981 gold onza is very scarce and the first date of the series. Nice coin!
Septimius Severus, 209-211 AD Tetradrachm Laodicea ad Mare Roma E-Sale 75, lot 485 15.42 grams [ATTACH] Next: Your favorite Roman provincial...
The two figures on the obverse of the last follis appear to be seated. Heraclius folles have two figures, Heraclius and his son, but as far as I...
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