I think this is a long debate and has most likely been discussed many times with different opinions and facts. Some say the Herakles on the...
What a fantastic acquisition Curtis! Really wonderful. @zumbly examples also made me want to get this type, but my search is still going on. Also,...
Great upgrades! The same for me as well, I rather have a beautiful portrait with an clipped edge or a non-distracting test cut than a complete...
[IMG] Kyzikos, Mysia. AR Obol. Ca. 450 - 400 B.C Obverse: Forepart of boar left, retrograde E on body, tunny fish swimming upwards behind....
Great write up, I did one some time ago about the Asklepion on Kos: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/the-asklepion-of-kos.351085/ [IMG] Islands...
Thank you @Ryro! I really like the style of Archaic coins. Great examples of Silenos, first coin very clear and in the second coin he looks angry,...
Awesome tetradrachm @Al Kowsky! I recently did a write up about the coinages of Philip if anyone is interested:...
[IMG] Kingdom of Macedon. Pyrrhos. Bronze coin (287–285 B.C. and 274-273 B.C.) Obverse: Macedonian shield with monogram of Pyrrhos (ΠYP) in...
Silenos was the companion and tutor of Dionysos, the well-known god of wine. He was a constant and big consumer of wine, and was therefore usually...
Very nice thread and coins! That Phokis triobol is great and I would love to have one a day. Is that the issue that was used to pay Spartan...
None of my coins in my collection are slabbed, only 1 out of dozens were previously slabbed, all the other ones never, and I am sure all of my...
Nice example! This is my Dekanummion, I like how compressed it is into the flan [IMG] Maurice Tiberius. AE Decanummium/10 Nummi. Constantinople...
Big +1, nothing else to add. @James R, I commented on your fake Menander coin as well, I suggest you stay away from this seller and the other...
Style is wrong, fabric is wrong, weight is wrong (stater should be 8.6g), type is wrong. Defintely a fake. Of his staters only 13 or so are known,...
Very nice coin! And a nice write up. This is one of the last Kings of Cilicia, minted in Anazarbos: [IMG] Tarkondimotos, king of Eastern Cilicia....
Nice addition @Andres2! I got this miniature piece of art: [IMG] Ionia, Ephesos. AR Hemitetartemorion (?), circa 500-420 BC. Obverse: Bee....
Happy Easter to all! For me it will start in a month as I am orthodox, it is based on the Julian calendar.
[IMG]Cilicia, Hierapolis – Castabala. AE coin, circa 2nd-1st century B.C. Obverse: Turreted, veiled and draped bust of Tyche right; monogram to...
Amyntas, tetrarch or chieftain of the Trocmi. [IMG] Kings of Galatia. Amyntas. AE Bronze. 39-25 BC. Obverse: Head of bearded Herakles to right...
Awesome additions! Congratulations. I really like the Tenos coin with Zeus Ammon. I have a new addition as well, I will post it most likely in a...
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