Late 1st millennium BCE would imply around 2,100 years old. The other coin you just posted appears around that same age too.
7Calbrey, They are interesting coins, where were they minted? They appear to be struck around the late 1st millennium BCE.
baseball21, Thanks for your response, I suspected something similar :smuggrin:. I do believe that the entire coin market is in some kind of slump...
You need a lot of imagination to visualize an image on this coin o_O.
Excellent point ;)! I felt the same way watching the video. The screen image should be wider than it is tall.
GDJMSP, Thanks for the statistical chart. I'm guessing that PCGS data input is primarily U.S. & World modern coins; & what I mean by modern is...
Nvb, The Macedonian 1st Meris Tets are plentiful & well centered, well struck examples aren't that expensive. I sold the example pictured below at...
Ryro, Over the years I've been able to snag a few fine portrait coins of Septimius Severus. One of my favorites is pictured below, a Tet from...
Nvb, I can understand your suspicion. Aside from areas on the edge that might indicate casting halves, the overall impression on both sides looks...
octavius, Aside from a spectacular coin collection you've got some important artifacts to go with them :woot:! Has your collection ever been put...
I'm going to guess it's the Nile Crocodile :confused:. [IMG]
octavius, Your selection of coins are breathtaking :jawdrop:! Strangely one coin keeps pulling my eye back for another look, your antoninianus of...
ancient coin hunter, Your idea is right-on. I'm surprised it hasn't been done already. The two selling components for Hollywood are sex &...
Great detail for such a tiny coin :jawdrop:! I'll bet that satyr could put down that whole amphora of wine on the reverse :hilarious:.
Judging by the number of large handsome bronze coins made in the province of Cilicia, Valerian must have made a grandiose impression there...
ancient coin hunter, If Russell Crowe played the part of Valerian, Shapur would be the foot stool helping Valerian mount his horse :smuggrin:.
ancient coin hunter, Your points are well taken. The fall of the city of Antioch, Syria to Shapur & the Persians in 256 had a major impact on the...
Thanks to the Iconoclasts we will never know what great art treasures were destroyed. Religious lunacy has led to shocking destruction of great...
Clavdivs, I've always been fascinated by the fate of Valerian & the sculptural relief you have pictured is tells the story well. I recently scored...
Randy, Great score ;)! The image on your coin is Christ Pantocrator, & the earliest image of this type is on an icon of the 5th or 6th century...
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