1. Here is a quite rare crusader coin I found in a $10 ebay lot consisting mostly of worn late Roman bronze coins. This happened just when I began...
Just a suspicion: RIC 133, see here.
This is a great type, and I very much like your example. Congratulations on the new acquisition! In AMCC 1, I wasn't able to resist this coin:...
There are many great coins of Septimius Severus in this thread, especially that wonderful denarius @dougsmit posted – what a portrait! Here are...
Nice examples, everyone! For some reason, I find the tetrarchy coins charming. I have Severus II both as a big follis and as the quarter follis...
Yes, I know that I'm late to the thread, but this little coin features Otto V, Margrave of Brandenburg, holding two crossbows: [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] Sikyonia, Sikyon, AR hemidrachm, ca. 330-280 BC. Obv: chimaera advancing l., right paw raised; ΣΙ below. Rev: dove flying left. 16mm,...
Sometimes, there are coins on ebay that make me chuckle and wonder at the same time: [ATTACH] Just a couple of comments: - Schwäbisch Hall is...
What: “Otto-Adelheid-Penny,” “Otto-Adelheid-Pfennig,” OAP Who, where, and when: First minted after 984 by the dowager empress Adelheid of...
Your attribution is absolutely right – your pfennig is Bonhoff 2023 and was struck at the imperial mint in Nuremberg. The problem is that...
My most recent acquisition is a bracteate that I have been trying to get for about two years. The type in itself is not that scarce, but it can be...
Your coin is from Thrace, Mesembria. Acsearch has a couple of examples, see here. It appears to be rather scarce. I'd be excited to hear if you...
That depends on your definition of "fake". TIF has pointed out a crucial difference between collecting modern coins and collecting ancients: for...
I certainly didn't buy it, and $767 for a denarius is frankly out of my league, yet I think I understand the draw. The coin below was much (!)...
@Roman Collector , thanks a ton for the info and the correct attribution! Distinguishing between a sceptre and a torch can sometimes be hard...
Currently, I am trying to photograph and properly attribute some low grade coins I bought years ago when I started collecting ancients – mostly...
What a horrible experience! In the past, I have occasionally bought some inexpensive coins from Lanz, mostly small Greek bronzes and LRBs in the...
To quote from @Ed Snible 's website: "The bull’s head, sometimes bound with a sacrificial fillet, is perhaps symbolical of some special sacrifice...
A while ago, I bought this one from you exactly because the portrait is so hilariously hideous and disproportionate: [ATTACH] Licinius II, Roman...
[ATTACH] Western Celts: Senones, cast AE ("potin"), ca. 80–50BC, north-western Gaul, region of Sens. Obv: head with six braids r. Rev: stylized...
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