I was looking through some duplicate coins in my CtG collection, ones that I haven't published online, when I noticed this unusual GENIO POP ROM....
I haven't been able to ID this tiny (10mm, 1.2g) Greek bronze, mainly because I can't figure out what it depicted on the reverse. Is it a tunny...
I found this little pipsqueak in a small lot of Greek AR fractions. It's worn and corroded, and I doubt I will be able to identify it, but I'd...
These two coins, both won in the most recent Agora auction, arrived in my mailbox around 5:00 P.M. last night. The first is a result of my new,...
I am assuming that these two bronze coins are from the same place, despite the fact that the obverse busts are different and face different...
[ATTACH] Judging by the fabric of this coin, it's either a later (after, say 150 B.C.) Greek or Roman provincial AE14. The reverse appears to be...
I haven't had much with #3, so I don't feel so dumb for not being able to ID it. This one, however, is more likely to make me feel sorta "well,...
We recently had a post about the 10 most important ancient coins ever minted. An interesting tangent might be: who were the 10 most important...
This tiny bronze fellow has a very strange reverse. I'm not even sure which way is up, so I rotated it 4 different ways in the photo. Does anyone...
Here's the second one. One would think that with the large D D on the reverse this would be easy, but after 6+ months I'm still unable to find an...
After collecting Roman Imperial coins for the past 15-20 years, I've decided to delve into Greek coins. Over the course of this year I have won...
I recently received this coin of Julia Augusta from CNG: [IMG] It was listed as: Julia Augusta (Livia). Augusta, AD 14-29. Æ Dupondius (27mm,...
I've recently received this coin, part of a small lot from a recent Roma auction. It was unsold in the Roma eAuction 72 (Lot #301), but in that...
I just won a small lot of Greek coins. They were from the Michael Higley Collection. Does anyone know who Michael Higley was/is?
I have a coin similar to this one that I found on Wildwinds: [ATTACH] It was Lot 454 of the Triton V sale, 1/16/2002. The coin was listed as from...
I found this article in the New Yorker interesting: The Curse of the Buried Treasure My guess is that many CT members have heard of this find.
Anyone have any idea what is depicted on the reverse of this tiny (~9mm, 0.8g) Greek bronze? I'm not sure of the correct orientation, so I've...
I have had no luck tracking down the origin of this coin. I've tried searching ACSearch for katharos, jug, amphora --nothing. I've tried partial...
I am trying to ID some Greek bronzes. Are there any resources out there that will allow me to input a partial inscription and give me a list of...
I just took this photo of a bronze coin of Antiochus VII Euergetes that I received recently: [ATTACH] Obv: Prow of ship Rev: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ANTIOXOY...
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