[ATTACH] Romanus I 931 to 945 AD Mint: Constantinople AR Miliaresion Obvs: IhSЧS XRIStЧS nICA, Cross potent on three steps with cross beneath. At...
Many Seleucid coins have tong mark's like the one shown here at 11 o'cock from Alexander II. This could be an indication of holding heated flans....
I only know of these types from Spain. I don't have one. [ATTACH]
Double P [ATTACH] Philip I Philadelphos 88 to 87 BC Mint: Antioch AR Tetradrachm Obvs: Diademed head of Philip right within fillet border....
For 92.88 :jawdrop: That's a steal. A billon trachy can cost more than half that price. I would have bought it too. [ATTACH] Alexius I/...
I can't say exactly why Janus fell out of favor, but supposedly there is a reverse of this coin that shows Janus minted by Gallienus? [ATTACH]...
Last known coin attributed to a Byzantine ruler. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/trebizond.310658/ [ATTACH] John IV Mint: ? 1446 to 1458 AD AR...
That's one of the more interesting fibulas I have seen. [ATTACH] Hyksos Scarab 1650 to 1550 BC Intact, once glazed, pierced for mounting. Base...
A well known fake. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] http://www.forumancientcoins.com/fakes/displayimage.php?album=search&cat=0&pos=20
I think that is typical for these, fortunately the monograms make them identifiable. [ATTACH] Anastasius 491 to 498 AD Mint: Constantinople AE...
To finish out most of the Seleucids. Alexander I Balas [ATTACH] Antiochus VII [ATTACH] Antiochus Hierax [ATTACH] Antiochus son of Seleucus IV...
Thanks. Not one that fits in my pocket easily as it weighs as much as some smaller bowling balls and takes up my entire hand when holding it...
Here are 10.... 1. c. 600 BCE [ATTACH] Ionia 625 to 600 BC Uncertain Mint EL 1/24 Stater Obvs: Raised swastika Revs: Incuse square punch 7mm,...
If you are going to 600 i would add at least one byzantine, maybe Anastasius or Justinian. That's a large and important empire missing.
I'm really only familiar with coinage of the region during the Persian/Greek and early Roman periods. An example being a Persian Siglos similar to...
Yes it is possible. Is there a period of history you are interested in? You could easily spend $50 or $50000 a month, so narrowing down your...
Very nice! There are a few on this forum that collect these. I have a pancake Formatum from around the same time. 140mm and around 3110g or 9 1/2...
I don't believe it's unofficial, psuedo/Arab ones have a distinct style to them. That lot had around a 100 of them. At first glance it is very...
I venture a guess that it is overstruck on an earlier of the same issue, but flipped. The best evidence being what could be Constantine IV on the...
Great tet, have to like those wide flans. [ATTACH] Apameia Year 293, 20/19 BC AE 22 Obvs: Young head of Dionysos r. wreathed with ivy; border of...
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