The coin is minted in Antioch, the capital. There was an important port at Antioch, it is called Seleukeia Pieria and it had a constant flow of...
I think that is still an ongoing debate honestly... For example in the Seleukid Empire it is quite common to see gods depicted on the coin with...
That is a great example, wow! As far as I know the title of ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ was not used on life time issues of Alexander, eventhough the legs of Zeus...
Great coins! Excellent for it's type. And what a great drama write up hehe, I am surprised they allowed this all in such a heavily Christianized...
Mine indeed has the abbreviation of Sa[amos] below. I still need to have a closer look to the references, I see SNG Cop 1694 listed for coins with...
Nice and rare coin from A1, congrats on your win! Here another BA- AN coin: [IMG] Antiochos I Soter (281 - 261 B.C.) Æ Denomination B. Uncertain...
Great coin @Spaniard! I like collecting coins of the Greek islands, so nice choice :) I got the exact same type: [IMG] Ionia, Samos Æ Bronze...
Absolutely stunning coin! Congratulations on your addition to your wonderful collection.
@David@PCC, @Shea19, @Finn235 Thank you for sharing your nice examples of Ariarathes V! Very interesting, thank you for sharing, I know very...
By some and myself included, Ariarathes V was considered the greatest king of Cappadocia. He was an educated person and had great interest in...
There are a quite some interesting coins in my collection, but I will just pick out randomly one of those: [IMG] Alexander I Balas (152/1-145...
What about a very late Hellenic portrait of a pirate, uhm king. [IMG] Tarkondimotos, king of Eastern Cilicia. AE coin. Anazarbos mint, circa...
You are right that auction prices are impacted by people with deep pockets, that is why I said often, and I base this all on my personal...
Retail prices for coins are often much higher than auction prices.
Hellenic portraits have something that I find attractive, eventhough they are not that artistic compared to the Classical art. Here some of my...
Nice coin and interesting to read about it, thanks! I live in the Netherlands myself so nice to read and hear about its history other than the...
That is a lot of silver! nice shot. Did you fully ID all of them already? Also nice Philip I tetradrachm (the Greek guy, not the Roman imitator...
That's cool it is retrograde. There are quite some varieties in the reverse, monogram of Pyrrhos in the middle, or a labrys in the middle or no...
Really looking forward to the next AMCC auction! Its going to be great :) Thanks Sev. I won this coin in the last one that fits really well in my...
Lately I see a lot of problems regarding import of Ancient Coins, recently I got a similar problem in Zwitzerland, it was stuck at the border for...
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