Very impressive! I wonder what the vending machines were like back then..... The only proto money that I have is a two shekel AR ingot...
Going backwards in time, here is a Potosi cob, Philip II, Assayer B. It is one of the first cobs I bought back in 1981. It came from Hal...
Thanks. Yes, you have the correct information on your Potosi 1 real cob. It's a nice coin, with clear detail of the important information. I...
Diana Lucifera, the bringer of light. This coin, by the way, was purchased after a very informative CT thread by Roman Collector on a rare dative...
Here's a coin that I have owned for a while, and photographed today. This is a sestertius of Commodus, and a somewhat unusual one at that. Here...
That's a good question. My understanding is that cherubim are angels closest to God, sometimes including archangels. According to Britannica,...
Actually it was going to be "Mr. High Price - Gottcha!", but perhaps that would be a bit of a give-a-way.
Oh well, I missed my chance to post my coin on eBay, at $8,000 with a 50% discount. Such a deal!:woot:
That's a beautiful coin with excellent centering! The eye of the front horse is struck up. More often than not it is flat. That's arguably one of...
It must be a typographical error. I just came across this listing on Forum for what I thought is a scarce to rare coin, but at $9,999 something...
Yet another ancient coin is freed from its plastic sarcophagus.
Very nice, with great patina!
That's correct, even partially dated cobs from the 1620s to 1651, the last year of the shield design, replaced the following year by the pillar...
That's an amazing obverse, with an incredible headdress.
That's an absolutely beautiful solidus, Donna. You definitely have the eye! I only have one that has been posted before. Honorius (with a bad...
Those are very nice coins, Doug. It's hard to find ones with complete legends. Nice patinas, too!
The coinage of Potosi, Bolivia, in the 1620's can be characterized as crude, very crude. Flans were poor prepared, often with silver of...
That is a very nice coin! The strike is especially appealing. Well done!
That is a very nice, sharply struck coin! Yes, the toes are odd, but in the early 4th century they probably weren't keeping count. That foot...
That's a stunning stater! It is an excellent example of Celtic art at its best. The Syracusan tetradrachm is also a superb example of Greek...
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