Always nice to have an unique coin, and a pretty one as well, congrats! I have a few unique coins, but this one is a complete new type, even...
Small right coin looks like this: [ATTACH] https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3781293
Thank you @Andres2, nice coin! Thank you @Al Kowsky. What a wonderful tetradrachm of Antiochos VIII! A lovely example of the type and nice...
Philip I Philadelphos was a son of Antiochos VIII Epiphanes and got himself turmoiled in a brother vs brother civil war. In his early life his...
Emperor on the reverse, and as a bonus an amazing looking portrait of Jesus on the obverse! What a piece of artistry. [ATTACH] Latin Rulers of...
Very nice coin for the type! Congrats. Welcome to the side of the Seleukids ;). They are my favorites. Here a few Seleukid tetradrachms and some...
What a lovely coin, congratulations! Somehow I am fond of coins featuring a ship, galley, ram etc aswel.
You should check out my paragraph above where I fully explain this, because I see there are some different understandings about this. It is not...
I realized there are a lot of separate opinions regarding this. Yes it was the Roman Empire and the Hellenic world became merged with the Roman...
Coins that are discussed and shown in a book or article. The coins could be in the text but are often in the appendix in so called 'plates' (plate...
Byzantine coins are fascinating with a great history of different rulers, issues, mint places, coin reformations etc. They cannot be compared with...
I really like those Celtic imitations, they have such a different, alien-like style. I hope to get one, and also an original Thasian one, then I...
Thanks all for your comments and nice coins! Very interesting, would love to speak to Bill about the Thasian coins to improve my knowledge as...
In the late Hellenic period the island of Thasos, south of Thrace, started to produce tetradrachms in the name of the Thasians, claiming that...
Another example of what @OutsiderSubtype mentioned regarding the deliberate strategy for a closed monatary system is the Pergamene kingdom....
Silver was always scarce in Egypt, therefore bronze was a great alternative for low valued transactions and denominations. This was a win for the...
First coin of Kos, see write up here. [IMG] Islands off Caria, Kos. EL Forty-eighth Stater, Phokaic standard. Circa 625-600 B.C. Obverse: Crab....
The graph is quite misleading: On 25 June 2017, Leu Numismatik AG held its first ever auction with Web Auction 1. 1,500 lot numbers were offered...
Indeed, the interesting type is what got me to buy this coin. Since then I became more and more hooked with the Komnenoi and Palaiologoi. It is...
Nice coins all! These are mine: [ATTACH] Kyzikos, Mysia. AR Obol. Ca. 450 - 400 B.C Obverse: Forepart of boar left, retrograde E on body, tunny...
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