A piece of Hellenic history often forgotten is the vast Indo-Greek Kingdom. I recently started to read about it and obtained my first coin some...
Thank you! Very nice and centered stater as well. Very nice examples, your stater is from the later, more realistic and classical style, those...
Thasos, an island at the south of Thrace. It had rich gold mines and attracted the Phoenicians to its shores at a very early date. Later on it was...
Amazing, great accusations. I love the Seleukos I tetradrachm, I would love to have it in my collection as well. That Demetrios I AE coin is very...
There is indeed a wreathed tripod on the reverse. @ancientone I do not think it is from Zakynthos island, the coinage is extremely rare, which...
Very nice coins! And on top of that some great background as usual! It doesn't matter if it is a common or rare coin, or an expensive or cheaper...
Thank you! I really like that the cult figure includes the temple with it, nice coin. Thanks Ryro! That coin was a steal and great it is in your...
A new addition to my Greek island collection: A bronze coin from Mytilene on Lesbos island. However, this is not just a coin, but an interesting...
Not sure about the attribution, as far as I know these are attributed under Mylasa, atleast SNG Kayhan does so. In the Archaic and early...
Great auction @Severus Alexander! Thank you very much. Unfortunately I lost 2 of my targets, but I won 3 coins on the end! A coin from @TheRed, a...
Me tomorrow with my targets: [ATTACH] Best of luck everyone! Looking forward to it.
Thank you @robinjojo and a nice coin! Indeed, a lot of these Tyrian tetradrachms are being sold on Ebay from Israel. There do are some artistic...
If there is a coin already very close to my budget, I tend to lean to pre-bidding because of the theory @kirispupis mentioned. If the coin is not...
Those coins from Neapolis really are one of the nicest issues featuring a gorgoneion, a lovely example! A shield coin + gorgon combo: [IMG]...
Thanks @Andres2! Nice tetradrachms from Demetrios II and Antiochos VII! In many empires, the decline was almost always due to internal...
The Seleukid Empire was in turmoil, Antiochos VIII his uncle Antiochos VII died fighting the Parthians. His father Demetrios II Nikator, who was...
Congratulations on your win (x2)! I think you still did good for the Amisos piece. This is my example, I love the clear bloody body on mine:...
Great coins! Philip II is defintely underrated because of his son. He used some great political (and military) tactics to unite Greece, for...
Nice shield coins! Also a nice write up. I have some shield coins but my favorite one is my Pyrrhos piece, also the HGC plate coin: [IMG] Kingdom...
Congratulations David, one step closer in obtaining all the Seleukid rulers and usurpers. Antiochos XII will be a challenge indeed, so will Molon...
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