Usually, some commemorative coins celebrating a particular event or honoring an Emperor, are likely to have a unique reverse related to that...
Edited: I should have typed " 3 holes instead of regularly 2 " 2 and not 3.
When receiving this oil lamp, I felt it's the oldest among all those I already own. There are also 3 holes instead of regularly 3. Wear and mud,...
I've heard about the technology of "BLUE RAYS " to assess the date of objects.
Fir trees grow at high altitude and can reach 150 feet long. They are cone- bearing and belong to the Pine family of species. These ever- green...
I thought at first that the coin hints to queen Victoria of Britain.
Finally, and merely by coincidence, I found the result. The bust on obverse represents Melkart, the Tyrian god of war. The coin is a civic issue...
@Alegandron .. Indeed Carthage was the daughter city of Tyre-Phoenicia. Fact is the Phoenicians founded Carthage. Then they diffused their culture...
@Marsyas Mike .. I found your coin on Wildwinds. It's a civic issue of Tyre. Tyrian date: 203 = 77 AD. BMC 263v. The other coin I posted was also...
Some rare coins are used by historians and professors because they tell History amid a grave lack of historical documents. They might be the only...
Thanks for your reply. I don't really understand what you mean by "late" here. Is it first century BCE or much older. Actually they came with the...
Actually the coins are tiny, but the trees might not. I just wanted to share both of them among my coin-friends on this lovely site. They weigh...
I thought the Louvre Museum could be visited electronically through the Internet. They have an appropriate site, I believe. Don't they?
This denarius weighs 2.81 g. Julia Domna head-right. Reverse reads Juno Regina. Peacock at Juno's foot. The new Sear doesn't list this reverse...
The reverse is very worn. There are 3 lines within a wreath of leaves. The legend is Greek. One line reads MH.. The second line reads Pi O N or...
Thanks for guessing @cmezner . I'll try to search in this direction.
Thanks Dave. Would that be Macedonian, Seleucid or what ?
The obverse looks familiar to me, and the coin is yellowish. I abstain to post the reverse for the moment because it's still unclear. Please try...
O.K. If the letter F was engraved that way.. then mine is very likely to be an F. Thank you.
The best feeling I have about this issue is as follows : I feel very happy when I sell a coin at a good price , bearing in mind that I have...
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