Here's one from the other Alexandria. [IMG] Severus Alexander billon tetradrachm, minted in Alexandria, Egypt, AD 222. RPC 10236 Obverse: Α ΚΑΙ...
I don't have a coin of Priapus, but here's an ithyphallic Oesho... [ATTACH] Kushan, King Kanishka, AD 127 – 150. AE Drachm, 17mm, 4.34g Obverse:...
As always, I will offer an unconditional lifetime guarantee of authenticity for anything I sell. Payment is via PayPal, and shipping rates in the...
I always say that the ideal system is something like the British Portable Antiquities Scheme, which preserves both provenance and archaeological...
Sculpture is usually out of my price range, but I found this fragment of a Gandharan schist panel at an estate sale for a very reasonable price....
I own a lot of Alexandrians (more than anything else, actually!), but I still don't have anything ex-Dattari, at least to my knowledge. Who knows,...
Banker’s marks also appear on coins from Ancient India, probably inherited from the Achaemenids. Indian texts mention money authenticators similar...
I’m young, but I still want to have a plan for such things. Memento mori. Most museums don’t need more coins, excepting a highly specialized...
Sometimes they're recognizable shapes or letters, other times they aren't so recognizable; here's a couple random examples from Vcoins, one...
Could it be a banker’s mark? Those are punches applied to a coin to test its silver content. Usually rather angular or having some sort of shape,...
I wonder what Dr. Fischer’s training is in. No ‘numismatist’ should say something is real because it came from ‘a reliable source,’ they should...
A couple odd ones... [IMG] Hadrian, AE Drachm of Alexandria, 34mm, 24.27g, AD 134-5, RPC 6001 Obverse: ΑΥΤ ΚΑΙC ΤΡAIAN ΑΔΡΙΑNOC СƐΒ, laureate,...
[ATTACH] Sapadbizes, Yuezhi king of western Bactria, ~20 BC. 16mm, 1.33g, MAC 2824. Obverse: CAΠAΛBIZHC, Helmeted bust right Reverse: NANAIA...
[ATTACH] Chach Oasis, Kabarna, c. AD 600 – 700. 23mm, 2.03g, Shagalov 62. Obverse: Horseman right within circular border Reverse: Tamgha of...
CNG says they will remain open despite the governor's order, since they can run their business online. At any rate, if I were outside the US, I...
You can see my coin at about 3:20 in the video... [IMG] Pontos, Amisos - 109 - 89 BC, King Mithradates VI. BMC 30, 19g, 30mm. Obverse: Helmeted...
Very interesting! This is the kind of work that moves the hobby and scholarship forward, and in an area that greatly needs the attention.
I've shown it before, but I still love this Roman Republican denarius which was surely once a necklace or some other sort of attachment. It looks...
I’m usually the envious one, @TIF, but thank you! This is one of those areas where there are many special coins for those willing to appreciate them.
Congratulations, Nicholas! I can only imagine the amount of work that’s gone into it, but here’s to hoping this is only the beginning of much more...
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