Cool Terror coins @Ryro! Here a coin to join your bloody medusa: [IMG] Mithridates VI Amisos, Pontos - Bronze Coin (85 - 65 B.C) Obverse:...
Very nice coins @Sulla80! Asia Minor has a lot of obscure and interesting coin issues. My cornucopia coins: [IMG] Demetrios II Nikator, First...
Very nice coin @Spaniard, sharp and clear portrait of Dionysos. My favorite Dionysos portrait: [IMG] Islands off Thrace, Thasos. AR Hemidrachm...
It indeed was a pure economic reason. When Philip I came to rule Antioch, he started to recycle the tetradrachms of his predecessors and reissued...
Great tetradrachms @Sulla80 and a nice write up! I enjoy the intriguing style of the Philip I Roman posthumous tetradrachms compared to the much...
Just had a busy week behind my back, missed your topic. It is a great tetradrachm made by an engraver that used a different style compared to...
Congratulations @Alegandron! Really glad you are here on the forum, you are awesome and I always value your posts. When I have a (half/quarter)...
My condolences Mat for your loss, may you live to remember her. Very nice coins and an extra bonus that it is signed!
Eventhough an accident, still a great purchase! In my opinion, I do not really mind test cuts when they are on a non distracting place. If it was...
In my opinion it does not look fake, crystallized and etching on the border and surface.
Well it is Greek since it is a Greek city (colony), but I understand your thoughts behind it. A part of Thrace (Eastern and Western) was Greek and...
As a Greek in a foreign country I have heard already tens of times the joke about me throwing plates hehe, it still stays funny though. Nice coin...
Great coin @BenSi! I am not really familiar with Paeonian coinage but did came across coins of Patraos a few times at auctions. The only history...
My oldest coins: [IMG] Ionia, Phokaia. AR Diobol. Circa 521-478 B.C. Obverse: Head of a nymph to left, wearing sakkos adorned with a central...
I thought I would write a short something about myself. I am Greek, my roots are from Epeiros, but I live in the Netherlands. My fiancee is Polish...
This one is not necessarily ugly, but the flan shape does is very weird! [IMG] Islands off Troas, Tenedos. AR Hemidrachm, circa 550-470 B.C....
Thank you @ominus1! Nice coin, thank you for sharing. Nice coin and thank you for your input @Sulla80. On the CNG coin the characteristic nose...
Historically the name of Galatia was derived from the Gauls who invaded central Asia Minor in the third century BC, and established an independent...
I was a bit confused, I thought you meant as your next (an Archaic Italian city) an archaic city that was founded by Italians e.g. Rome. However,...
I actually find these Celtic coins somehow attractive, they are not as beautiful and stylish as its Greek counterpark but still they are cool. I...
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