I was busy taking snaps of some coins, partly to get away from all of the depressing and partly because I really need to photograph the coins and...
It cannot be said, with credulity, that Phocas was a benign emperor. His murder of Maurice Tiberius in 602 AD was the best way to start his rule....
This coin came in today from an Illinois seller on eBay. It is one of my budget purchases, at $19.00, and for that price it is decently detailed,...
This is a coin that I have had for a few years, buying it as a type coin. I know that this type has quite a few fakes out there, and I'm...
[ATTACH] Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, an UNESCO World Heritage City For me, this is a city cloaked in mystery and romanticism and immersed in...
Some coins seem to have been created to immediately catch the eye, to command center stage by their sheer magnitude. This is one such coin, which...
Did this imitative owl of the 4th-3rd century BC make it to India or environs? If it did, this would be the owl with the most eastern point of...
Okay, it's not a coat, but rather a draped cuirass. But there is this pretty wild design on the shoulder. It's not a paisley but instead a...
While not one of those flashy mint state owls touted for their "5 out of 5" NGC ratings, or for their complete, nearly complete, or nearly nearly...
Intermediate owls, produced in the 4th - 3rd centuries BC, were struck on usually irregular, thick flans, most of which were produced through a...
This is a coin that I was going to post on the chocolate patina thread, but I decided that it deserved its own. This first century BC tetradrachm...
Well, it isn't what it used to be, when it was held in downtown SJ many years ago. This show is being held at a hotel near the airport, running...
This coin arrived yesterday. It is an Alexander III tetradrachm from Akko, or Acre, Phoenicia, circa 312 BC. The weight is 15.67 grams, not...
[ATTACH] This is an imaginary bust type coin of Ferdinand VII. Upon his assent to the Spanish throne, official portrait dies were not yet...
This is coin #3 of the three coin lot that I recently received. The other two coins are a Severina antoninianus and a Caligula AE As. This coin...
The coin arrived today as part of a small group lot. It is an AE antoninianus of Severina, 275 AD. The reverse has a P to the left of Concordia....
In all of the decades that I have collected coins, I have never purchased as Byzantine solidus. At certain points I owned a gold stater of...
First, here's a coin that arrived today, part of my effort to replace coins that I sold a long time ago. This is a sestertius of Philip I, "The...
It looks as if there's some competition from an unexpected quarter for discovering hoards of ancient coins.......
Well, here we go again. This is a new coin, one that was described as Athenian in nature. I tend to differ. First, the palmette on the obverse...
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