Neat pickup, SeptimusT. That's an especially crude rendition of the king and archer - which, in my world, adds to the cool factor. These AE's...
Perhaps: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=1922419
I'll toss in a Parthian. [ATTACH] Artabanos II (as per Assar, who previously had tentatively attributed the issue to Bagasis, brother of...
I think I see a lion's head on the little AR at left. Perhaps a hemidrachm from Chersonesos? Think I may see a Gondophares from Pathankot...looks...
Congrats, Mat. What a great price for a Parthian tet. Well played. Here are my favorite Volo IV's. The bottom two have the distinction of having...
Spot on. Here's a list of links, from a May post of mine, to some examples. http://www.parthia.com/coins/pdc_5798.jpg...
To the best of my knowledge, this is my only coin that is likely a fouree, below. Like yours, Parthicus, there is no break in the plating and so...
A couple of years ago, on an April 1st morn, I posted some silly mash-up’s of coins that included the following: [ATTACH] This morning there...
Good score, Mat, and a nice addition to your excellent “Eastern & Misc” gallery at Forum.
Left: Orodes II, van’t Haaff 13.1.1-2 Right: Uncertain Early Arsacid Kings, van’t Haaff 10.4.2-4A
Well, clearly this guy is just back from a Florida vacation. [ATTACH] Perhaps a contemporaneous emission?: [ATTACH] Seriously, great coin...
Or antiquities. An excellent dealer if you're heading in that direction. Personally, the coin below is the one I gravitated to immediately. For...
Mat, the coin seems to have been produced by the court mint of either Ekbatana (Ecbatana) or Rhagae - according to Sellwood. That's how I would...
Good catch. I agree, likely either the court of Ekbatana or Rhagae.
Mat, your call on the mint may be correct, but I wonder if the coin may be from the Court at Ekbatana, Sellwood 45.10. Do you think the monogram...
A few tidbits about Parthian mints… 1. Over the course of Parthia’s history there were more than a dozen mints, including traveling court mints,...
[ATTACH] Kamnaskires IV (Elymais) AR hemidrachm, c. 63/2 – 54/3 BC Van’t Haaff 8.3.3-1.a (this coin) Susa mint
Seconded! Welcome.
Sorry about the bum coin, Ryro. That fake report you cited was actually my own indirect submission at Forum. At the time I was experiencing some...
Sadly, yes...several. And, in my experience, they never reply to inquiries submitted on their online form. To get any action on my long delayed...
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