Pergamon, Athena+trophy. [ATTACH]
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The Roman provincial city of Marcianopolis was located in Thracia, just west of modern-day Devnya, Bulgaria. [ATTACH] Source [ATTACH]...
AE22, 6.88g, 12h Obv.: Turreted head of Tyche r., palm branch over shoulder. Rev.: [AP], Poseidon seated l. on prow with figurehead of Athena...
...and rarely in such a high grade. In fact, I've never seen one this nice. RIC VIII Siscia 180 var. B (Victory walking left, looking right),...
Here's another coin I've been wanting to collect for some time, but couldn't find a decent budget example. I don't expect perfection from what I'm...
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These are a few of the very first ancients I bought, with better pics. Just updating my FORVM gallery today, no big deal. Big Licinius and Little...
These two less-than-lovely coins come from Akko-Ptolemais, on the northern coast of Israel. (The modern city is Acre, and you can read its history...
For the purposes of this thread, that means coins that cost $25 or less. I've done quite well over the last two months. The most expensive coin in...
I'm not sure why this coin went completely ignored, but I just snagged it for 17 bucks. The surfaces are a bit rough to be sure, but not anywhere...
I was inspired to collect some ancient Indians recently, owing to Doug Smith's page at FORVM, THCoin's thread on the Gadhaiya Paisa family tree,...
This purchase was a bad pic gamble at feePay. The seller listed both coins in one lot with only a pic of the obverses. The first is a common...
It seems obvious to me that this coin has been significantly tooled, particularly in the field in front of the bust and all around Sol. What say...
Hey friends. I know it's early, but if your schedule is anything like mine, you've got to plan ahead. I missed NYINC last year, but I'm definitely...
Since this is becoming a trend, I'll throw in my last ten new coins, but these are the last ten I've photographed. There are newer ones that I...
Hey friends. Here's a coin I've been looking to collect for over a year, but I could not find an example that satisfied me aesthetically and...
Here are two coins that I find worrisome. The Trajan as is suffering from bronze disease, and I suspect that it's been painted and waxed. Since...
Hey friends, here's an unusually strong example of this type. Those of you that have them know what I mean - they typically have very weak...
From a vcoins email... [ATTACH] "Gnaeus Pompeius (Magnus) was born Sept 29, 106 BC, to the warlord Pompeius Strabo. The Social Wars of the Roman...
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