True story...
Ardy, AJ and JA- I am making every attempt to go to the NY show. I am a 90 min car ride away, but I am thinking of taking the train in solo,...
Evans doing great. Christmas is coming and his mountain of presents is getting larger. I'm having a tough time with this wagon thing. Very crowded...
Amen to that!
*cough* Constantinople mint... *cough*
When I was a kid and went to shows I could only remember seeing crap. In hind sight it was Roman 4th century crap to boot. With a few exceptions.
Interesting coin, I have never seen one before. I have only seen the Antiochus Imitations and those imitating Seleukos. Nothing like this.
I have a couple more of Zeus but that will be for a different day...
Collect89 has one of these.... but I think mine is better... [ATTACH]
The reverse has bust of Ahura Mazda...supreme of the Zoroastrians... I know some of you have never heard of or saw Ahura Mazda...but I am just...
Everyone has one....but not as nice as this... [ATTACH]
Arados, Phoenicia Autonomous coinage 18.9 mm x 9.22 g c. 4th cent BC [ATTACH]
Alexandrine Babylon Dishekel c.328 BC [ATTACH]
Adramyteion, Mysia 357-352 BC 11.7 mm x 1.88 g Zeus / Pegasus ref: Weber 4950 von Fritz 2 [ATTACH]
Maussollos Halicarnassis Mint 377-353 AR Tetradrachm Persian Satraps of Caria Zeus / Ba'al with Labrandus standing 26mmx 13.45 g ref: SNGCOP 590...
Alexander Tetradrachm s. 325 BC Pella, Macedonia [ATTACH]
Indo-Greek Kings Hermaios 85-70 AD Early Imitation? 27mm x 9.44 g [ATTACH]
I have only started hearing dram recently. For years I have heard it pronounced too as tetra-dra-kum. What always got me was Seleucid empire. I...
[ATTACH]Nahapana 75 AD Trilingual AR Karashapana Kshaharatas of Saurashtra 21 mm x 2.53 grams Early Western Satraps. There is also a school of...
Interesting piece. Well played Ardi. I have nothing numismatic to add as I know less than nothing about Tessera.
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