I don't think you have a "very poor" specimen.o_O
Man, I don't have any Portuguese coins, but the OP set is just wild. Wow. Very impressive coins.
Mat is right, many non collectors find the coins appealing, and there is enough of them to shell out for these coins. Athens tets are the old...
Thats a mean looking radiant. Kudos!
I guess what I am saying is that I don't see the Kharosthi. I see straight, legible Greek text. On the top of the reverse of the coin is a what...
Hey Traci, I see Greek. ALEXANR??
I've seen that before....the whole tosh.o bit on that was hilarious.
I don't, but I want one!
This has two nice monograms an "S" and a symbol or superimposed letters.
[ATTACH] Unfortunately I can't really add anything more. So because the thread got rez'd, I figured I would take the opportunity to show my...
I have one I think I can add... Doug pointed this out for me a while back.... IMP AEMILIANVS PIVS FEL AVG Bust radiate, draped, cuirassed...
While on the subject of Indo-Scythians, I have this....;) [ATTACH]
I have looked at buying that book, but there is a couple of problems. 1) Generally can't find it. 2) When I did find a copy is was more...
I have one of these!!!! AE Tetradrachm, 20.9 mm x 8.42 g based on Doug's Analysis, I would assume this is a Taxila Mint coin. Oh and BTW At...
Interesting... Is there any hoard / archeological evidence that support any of this or is it truly as you said, "fantasies of Mitchiner"?
I found another example of this coin with the A/N and the seller has the attribution tied to Chach Mint. I would assume now that the monogram is a...
Neat coin. My confess it would be neater if it had a goat bust wearing the helmet. Keep looking steve.
Indo-Scythian maybe but definitely Kushan. In recent years this has become a very popular coin type.
I agree with Ardy! I think we also failed to mention that this coin comes from the time and place of the famous Greek Scientist, Archimedes. He...
Admittedly Chris, you are far more well read than myself, I don't have and do not have access to these sources. What I can tell you, is my main...
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