@John Anthony: I see that you have picked up a fine example of AIB for yourself! That is remarkable that both legends on either side of Apollo...
Magnus Maximus, thank you very much! I am still learning how their empire ebbed and flowed. Now that I am getting a feeling for identifying the...
Yes, I see how I was misreading the calipers now. Ugh, nothing like feeling dumb in front of twenty other people.
So, feeling braver and more knowledgeable after the help rendered yesterday, I tackled the last four of my coins. At least I had a head start on...
Lol @stevex6 ; @dougsmit I do multiple weighs/measurements as well. I am guessing that buying the calipers I did was the problem. I am...
Okay, so I see that at this approximate time it would have been Seleucid hence the Antiochus name.
What is the proper label for the Phoenician coin? I see that it was issued in the time of Antiochus IV-VIII. Is it properly minted under the...
Brian, thanks so much for your help! The best I can come up with attribution wise for the first is: Ake-Ptolemais, Phoenicia as Antioch...
The Y at the end is hard to see except when you turn the coin a few times. But the tail of the why blends into the exergue line under the tripod....
Thanks for the help so far, guys. Steve, it looks like the legend on the right side ends in an 'N' which if it was the same as my coin it would...
Well, Brian, thank you so much! No wonder I could not find it in the Seleucid sections!
Anyone have a recommendation for an accurate cheap coin scale? My wife received one for our wedding but it rounds to the nearest gram and I would...
Hello All, I mentioned in a post a few weeks ago that I had some rogue Seleucid coins in my collection that I finally decided to investigate....
Very nice coin Mat!
Haha! Well, hello, Zumbly, nice to meet you. Okay, I was not sure how to differentiate between the numbers, except it was obvious that there...
Hello All, I recently bought a coin and I am having a hard time differentiating between BMC 205 and 216. Is there any substantial difference? I...
Fantastic coin.
Hello, I thought that there may be some people here who would enjoy this book about Petra and the Nabataeans. I did....
I did not have any luck on Wildwinds. There are four categories listed in the Cities section for Seleucia. I did not see what I was looking for. :(
Hello All, I have a few Seleucid coins that I am trying to attribute. I am making an effort to try and identify them myself before I post them...
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