Artuqids of Mardin Qutb al-Din Il-Ghazi II. 572-580/1176-1184. AE dirhem NM & ND. S/S 31.1; Album 1828.1. 11.8 grams [ATTACH]
Be patient. It is not unusual for overseas shipments from Germany and other countries to take a month or more. How was your coin shipped? If...
Ordering coins from overseas is very much like playing the roulette wheel. I've had shipments from Germany take over a month, while another, from...
They appear to made of brass and were produced to commemorate a 30th anniversary. Interesting tokens.
Here's my hacksilver two shekels ingot from the Levant. 25.0 grams. 13th-10th centuries BCE. [ATTACH] Next: Another example of odd or...
I see. So this type 4 must have been produced 2 BCE or later, since I doubt the honorific title for Augustus would appear on a coin without...
Interesting. Since the Roman Senate bestowed this title on August in 2 BCE, and these coins were produced circa 10-14 BCE, there seems to be...
Thank you. Since there are two busts, in Janiform style, and of equal size,, I would assume that the plural Patres Patriae, Fathers of the...
Tis a clever croc, whose body can become the shape of a galley. All aboard! Also, there are two letters, "P" and "P" next to and below each...
Thank you all for your wonderful posts. I am not a specialist collecting this type, so I was not aware of the different varieties, a very...
I've been kind of out of circulation, in a bit of funk, really, mainly due to this business with the US Customs. But, I have reached the point...
I have had some good results copying and pasting images and text (as unformatted text) into Word, and then adjust the text for size. I don't use...
Do you use Photoshop for your images? I find that it has lots of options for resolution and lighting/shadow effects. I'm still on a learning...
I am, of course, speaking in a wider context. The dilemma faced by any forum and social media company, is how to regulate content. People will...
I think the visual problem with the Harlan Berk buy/bid auction pages is due to a combination of only average quality resolution with my screen,...
That's a very nice drachm. I was thinking of snatching it up, until I saw the "sold" notation, which, for some reason is very washed out on my...
Beautiful examples! I especially like the style of the portraits - fine style.
While the purpose of CT ancients is to share our love of ancients, and to share knowledge and the coins from our collections, such a forum is open...
That's an absolutely wonderful coin! I especially like the good centering, excellent detail and overall appearance. Yes, the somewhat rough...
I'd stay way from any sellers based in Singapore. Years back I had two bad experiences coins purchased from two unethical individuals based...
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