I've heard that Germany mints coins for Somalia
While this is definitely dishonest, I never bought Chinese bullion anyway cuz even if they mark it 30g, they sell it for the usual 1 troy oz...
Elagabalus, kid probably never even got the chance to grow a full beard, but this coin falsely portrays him as an adult man! [ATTACH] Next, a...
Septimius Severus sure had a lot of curls! [ATTACH] Next, your favorite Severan (and why).
I have this Valerian antoninianus featuring Sol and the text Oriens Augg, meaning victory in the East, but we all know what happened to him when...
I keep seeing coins being posted here with the tag of who used to own and all, even paying some premium for their namesake! whereas every single...
My 1875 S twenty cent coin that I actually got last year for my type set, since I'm a bottom feeder I'm pretty happy to have bought this coin for...
seriously, but did the old engravers just die out or they didn't teach their apprentices? I mean it's not long when even coins of Philip the Arab...
Does a head of Serapis held by Alexandria on an Roman provincial count?! Maximian tetradrachm [ATTACH] Next, another form of sun god.
Mihara Bhoja I, from the Gurjara Pratiharas, 836-890. Boar headed lord Vishnu, aka Varaha. Reverse reads 'Shrimad Adivaraha'. [ATTACH] Next, a boar
which makes me wonder how people over 2000 years ago made such high quality coins only with their hands, but we couldn't convincingly replicate...
But these ain't metals right, just plastic?!
BANAS of MADURAI: Samarakolakalan Copper jital, running Garuda (half-human/half-eagle), the name in Tamil on the obverse. 1300-1500s. [ATTACH]...
Another way to look at it is the sea trade! I made an older post about how Roman coins came to be in use in the ancient Tamil kingdoms through...
My collection is complete when I run out of money, and when I get some more the cycle continues...
My collection of denari featuring a lovely family portrait of the Severans! [ATTACH]
On a side note, the wear on the obverse made it look like Vespasian, you know his frowning look & distinct nose and all! [ATTACH]
We skipped a coin with a love story! Akbar Dam of Ajmer mint, Mughal kingdom,1586. 19mm, 20.45g! Ajmer is the birth place of Jodha, a Hindu trophy...
They’re actually my old photos, I just took these now under different light! [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The obverse portrait on that fourree certainly looks far better than many official coins!
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