Some identifications: [ATTACH] Ulrich II, Duchy of Carinthia, pfennig, 1256–1269, St. Veit mint, Obv: Bust facing, holding key in each hand,...
These aren't bracteates. Bracteates are uni-sided coins struck from very thin silver sheets using a single die, creating a high relief. Their...
These are Friesacher Pfennige from medieval Austria and the surrounding regions. I did a write-up on these a while ago, which you can find here....
To me that looks like a drachm or tetradrachm of Lysimachos, King of Thrace, showing the deified Alexander III. Please wait for the experts to...
Nice Philips, everyone! I consider the 1/5 tetradrachm a fascinating type and @Pavlos' example has a very nice horse (much better than my own...
Fantastic sestertius! My only Volusian is an antoninian with a happy grin on the emperor's face: [ATTACH] Volusian, Roman Empire, antoninian,...
Chiming in a bit late – sorry! It's almost the same coin as the one suggested above: a slightly earlier groschen from Schwarzburg with the same...
I have the same type (Price 2800) as in the OP. Mine was bought from Savoca London (2nd Blue Auction, lot 60). Unfortunately, I'm somewhat behind...
I bought this Constantius II "open campgate" as you see it. Probably, I should remove the remaining flaky spots of black patina. The metal...
That's a nice Elymaean coin! I own a couple of Elymaean AE drachms, almost all of which came without attributions or somehow misattributed....
That's a wonderful stater – congrats! Apart from some bronzes from Aigai, this Roman Republican denarius is the only goat coin I have: [ATTACH]...
Your siglos is fantastic, @Loong Siew – congratulations on this acquisition! Some recent and from my non-expert perspective convincing...
[ATTACH] Thessaly, Trikka, hemidrachm, 2nd half of 5th c. BC. Obv: Youthful hero, Thessalos, holding a band with both hands below the horns of...
Thank you for the interesting write-up! Are you referring to Jerome Mairat's thesis "The Coinage of the Gallic Empire" (2014)? It seems that he...
Some of my coins from the category "damaged but cherished:" The chip at 1 o'clock doesn't really bother me. Would it bother you? [ATTACH]...
Savoca: I can echo the positive things others have said above. There usually are good bargains to be made in their Blue Auctions. Savoca's...
[ATTACH] Thrace, Apollonia Pontika, AR diobol, 4th century BC. Obv: laureate head of Apollo facing. Rev: upright anchor; A to l., crayfish to r....
[ATTACH] Alexander III "the Great," Kingdom of Macedonia, Ar tetradrachm, 325–323 BC, Amphipolis mint (under Antipater). Obv: Head of Herakles...
Your coin was on my watch list in the last Artemide auction. Since I had already spent my budget on another coin, I had to let it pass – yet I did...
That's indeed a very neat coin! Also, glad to hear you got it for a good price. When I assembled a "set" of tetrarchy folles two years ago, I...
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