If it were a coin, I would have passed it due to wear or others. So how about being a mere fraction of a coin? For the first time I feel this...
Daughter of Antiochus III the Great, Laodikea IV was also the wife of Antiochus IV and supreme head of all the priestesses in the entire Seleucid...
Weighing just 1.45 g., this Ottoman silver coin reads regnal year 8 of date 930 AH. I suppose it dates back to mid 16th century AD. Can't really...
The first coin was struck in Rome for Antioch, I think. It's a silver antoninianus with Valerian on the obverse and Diana holding a torch with her...
I think this coin represents queen Arsinoe. She was the daughter of Ptolemy I and wife of Lysimachos. I'm preparing to purchase it tomorrow but...
It didn't take me long to notice that this new acquisition represents the Menorah, a sacred mysterious tree of wisdom dating back to thousands of...
The reverse of this bronze coin has a temple under which I can nearly read "AROPAN" in exergue. The obverse shows an Emperor's bust head right. It...
Being familiar with Roman and Phoenician ships or galleys on ancient coins, I found the ship or boat somewhat different on reverse of this bronze...
Struck under Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, the following coin has Salus feeding a snake on reverse. She was the goddess of Health, and daughter...
This newly-acquired coin surprised me in many ways. First the reverse looks silver, whereas the obverse shows clear bronze or red copper,...
Struck under Elagabalus, the following coin has Astarte on reverse being crowned by Nike on a column. There's a clear counter-marked bust of...
The reverse of this coin shows the capital letters SPQR over an eagle with open wings and even open beak. Surely it's commemorative and it weighs...
I acquired this bronze coin today within a lot of 3. I could easily identify the silver Tet of Elagabalus and the bronze Follis of Galerius. But...
Merry Greetings to every one. My last 2 acquired coins at the end of 2019 happen to be Roman provincial from Phoenicia. The first was struck in...
The reverse of this bronze coin has Delta over original star within wreath, with no legend at all. The star seems to have wings of different...
The following bronze coin has 2 Emperors, one on each side. I assume Antoninus Pius is on reverse. The obverse has a bare head Emperor. The...
I called it this way because I had the luck to acquire this coin last night, just a few hours before Christmas Eve. It's an upgrade to the rarest...
I weighed this bronze coin before soaking it in distilled water. That's 22.42 g. I remember having a nearly similar one, in form of a silver...
The obverse of this Greek silver Tet reads SEBASTOS in Greek. Reverse has standing eagle. I can't read the name of the Emperor on the obverse....
The deity, within temple, on reverse of this Roman coin looks strange to me. I feel the coin is provincial but cannot identify the mint, deity nor...
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