I purchased this rather obscure coin. I know what it is, when and where it was made and I have a rather good reference for it. I challenge y'all...
I have a couple of Chach mint coins. Chach has a long numismatic history, they were ruled by Indo-Greeks and later Kushans and Indo Scythians. I...
See when I saw originally saw examples with the crescent I assumed that was part of another coin, thinking maybe these coins were struck in line....
Well Steve, I suppose you guess is as good as mine.
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Aww man I want one.
Thanks for the compliment. This coin is pretty common, if not the most common ancient Indian coin type.
I figure there are enough people here who can appreciate a good elephant or a ratty little Indian coin. This coin was struck in the first century...
Ha we had the same thing except the guy was 5'8'' and it was kind dressed like a Ninja Turtle.
psst...I got what you need...
I was selling one of these on ebay, but it went unsold. Oh well. I guess I will have to bare owning one... BTW you coin is quite nice.
Not a recent scraping. Maybe some of you remember this, I found this in an antique furniture store ....for $20...(new image) This denarius...
Here is another shot with great attention being paid to the true color... I wanted to eliminate the conclusion the the coin is gold color, it is...
[ATTACH] Love the Shields...
Check out the Archaic "B". Byzantion 1/2 Siglos 416-357 BC[ATTACH]
$25! Last Month! Thailand,Cambodia and South Vietnam Kingdom of Funan AR Full Unit (s.400-550) 30mm x 9.37 grams Obverse: Sun rising over the...
Glad y'all like it. Figured the good 'ol Roman would get a rise out of you guys. @ Bing - you might have been napping...
Surprisingly one of the main reasons I bought it.
I would suspect the gold is more of an impurity then a constituent. Gold is known to naturally alloy with copper. Who knows? Maybe Doug?
I wasn't looking for a Roman coin in particular but while searching I did come across a very nice Phillip the Arab I just couldn't pass up. The...
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