I managed to pick up a few ancients before the end of the year, and it was a bit of a surprise. The coin store I go to is not known for having...
Slowly ID'ing some of the coins I got in the last lot. And rather than creating a thread for each coin from the lot I'm going to keep adding them...
Got a small batch of ancients from a friend that really wasn't into them. I don't even know why he bought them other than just to have something...
for some strange reason I started liking coins with grapes on them a little while back. [IMG] Dionysopolis, Moesia Inferior O: Head of Dionysos...
So what do you get when you put a eagle, crab and fish together? a coin. o_O wait what? So anyway, I was browsing online one day and found an...
Another ancient coin that was in my last order. [IMG] Illyria, Dyrrhachium AR Drachm O: ΜΕΝΣΚΟΣ Cow and calf R: ΔΥΡ ΛΥ ΚΙΣ ΚΟΥ around double...
well its part II of my pickup from last time. This time I'm going a bit back in time with this. [IMG] Seleucid. Seleucus II : Sardis Mint...
Sorry, weird title but couldn't come up with anything better. Anyway... Been a long time since I picked up any ancient or near ancient coins. And...
I'm not a error collector but from time to time I like to look at some coins up close. So rummaging through some pocket change I noticed the...
I tend to buy my coins in pairs of two. So here is the other ancient coin that I finally ID'ed. Took me a bit longer but I think I got it right....
Got my weekly dose of Ancient coins. Now I'm calm until I get that itch to buy more again. So here is one of them and I will post the other one...
Here is my second purchase. Its my first silver ancient coin, let alone a Greek one. [IMG] Greek, Sikyon, Hemidrachm 4th century B.C. AR12 /...
Its been awhile since I posted anything on CT. And while I'm still interested in ancients there are just so many things to buy and so little time...
After taking a few weeks break from ancients I decided to pick up another coin. [IMG] Roman Provincial, Egypt: Gallienus (Alexandria Mint)...
Dont know if its just me, but I feel that some may not post up some of their lower priced coins due to all the shiny, fancy and expensive coins...
Recently I have been looking more and more into ancient coins and I have noticed that sometimes the same issued coin is larger and heavier and...
Since the beginning of this year I have made a few pickups, rather quickly I may add. When I'm inexperienced in a field I tend to go the slabbed...
I was digging through my father's collection of mixed stuff in search of anything interesting. In the middle of a pile of coins I noticed this....
Some of you may know that I have recently been getting into ancient coins. I'm currently focusing on Greek coins and I have a co-worker that is...
I have always wanted to add some Ancients to my collection. This all started a long time ago when I came across a few at a thrift shop. Though I...
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