Miletos struck coins with grain ears in the reverse left field, with no monograms below Zeus' throne.
Outstanding portraits on both! I agree, that drachm has it all - it's a keeper, for sure. My avatar is soooo happy right now...he likes these...
You got a great deal. Congrats. It's a wonderful series to collect, with many unpublished variants and plenty of mysteries to ponder. I'm...
Phraates, early to mid 2nd century AD, van't Haaff 14.1.1-2A.
Thanks, dadams. The latest research on this series is Pieter Anne van't Haaff's Catalogue of Elymaean Coinage (CNG, 2007). Your coin, Kevin, is...
"What is this medal trying to say?" Well, I don't know about all that other stuff on it, but this part seems rather obvious: [ATTACH]
I initially thought Apollo too, R*L. But could it perhaps be Artemis? Maybe Termessos, something like?:...
Hopefully the reverse doesn't match the off-centered "strike" we see in these documented fakes here. Certainly the flan shape seems close......
Some pages that may be of interest, though not specifically dealing with glass jewelry...most of these examples are much more elaborate than the...
In the meantime: http://www.numismatas.com/Forum/Pdf/David%20Ruckser/Coins%20of%20the%20Crusaders.pdf
Well done!
See: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3011050
Horse grazing left (upside down in pic). Perhaps Larissa, Thessaly? Maybe with remnants of an undertype?
I agree. Well done, DBDc80.
A quick update about Alwin's Ateliers (Parthian mints) page: Quick service. He has repaired it. It is outstanding, as is his entire site....
It's still around: http://grifterrec.org/coins/coins.html or http://grifterrec.rasmir.com/coins.html
I guess we're in waiting mode, to see if it happens. I hope I'm wrong, but I wonder if the in-progress Sylloge Nummorum Parthicorum project,...
Pellinore, until recently the "ateliers" section of Parthika.fr was the best resource for identifying (placing) Parthian mint monograms. I write...
I completely agree with all of the points made here, Parthicus. Well done. I held off buying my copy for a long time due to the cost, but...
Great set of coins, Martin. I totally get this, the obsession thing. You have my sympathy and understanding. Like you I have several focus...
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