This coin depicts baby Krishna dancing on the head of Kaliya, the demon snake. [ATTACH] The story goes as a giant snake once terrified the people...
[ATTACH] It's just an estimated graph I made from the coins in my small pool of a collection, so don't be too hard on me :p...
My coins from medieval England, [ATTACH] Henry III London minted long-cross (half) Penny (1250), Edward I London minted long-cross Penny, 1303....
Comparing the gods from Hinduism and the Roman pantheon. [ATTACH] Jupiter and Siva, both are the prime male deity of respective religions, and...
I'm wondering when was the last time a government officially made hammered coins for circulation? My latest hammered coin came from the kingdom of...
Coins resonating with the theme of the current times, Plague. Faustina Jr denarius for the Antonian plague 160-180 AD, Justinian I 40 nummi for...
[ATTACH] Bourbon dynasty (1589–1792) *French-India, Puducherry, 1700s (1664–1954) French First Republic (1792–1804) House of Bonaparte, First...
A couple of cheap additions, Commodus, seated Jupiter Lucius Verus, Mars If anyone can give me a proper attribution for the Commodus, that'd be...
except the golds *sigh*[ATTACH]
Same emperor, same type, but different coins. Elagabalus, Summus Sacerdos. The top one I bought a couple of months ago to get an example of...
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Probably more than a month worth of pay back then![ATTACH]
I always see on average a sestertius going for higher than a low-mid grade denarius, is it because it's hard for a sestertius to survive decent...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/11/tourist-returns-cursed-artefacts-pilfered-from-pompeii And do you believe in ancient coins being...
I don't usually mess with coins, but this scyphate Himyarite coin had blotchy black patination with exposed silver, which made it spotty and ugly...
I usually don't care about the condition since I'm a bottom feeder, but I want a coin of Julius Caesar so bad that I'm saving money so much as...
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Pallavas of Kanchi was a South Indian dynasty that ruled the northern part of the Tamil region from 275 AD to 897 AD. They peaked from 6th-8th...
For me, it's this 2500 years old Ionia Miletos 1/12th stater. I mean I had a few ancients before that, but only this coin really piqued my...
I collected all three emperors of the Flavian dynasty, if you don't consider the coin minted under Titus as a cop-out ;) [ATTACH] VESPASIANVS AVG...
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