Wonderful coin @Ryro! Your collection is bursting from those cool Macedonian shields. I think three of my dream coins would be these. And I am...
Nice drachm, I still need to get one of the later types. Both in my collection are Archaic. [IMG] Ephesos, Ionia. AR Drachm (500 - 420 B.C)...
Here a very rare coin of Seleukos IV, minted in Seleukia, where he gets associated with Helios, the first Seleukid Helios cult. [IMG] Seleukos IV...
Great coin! All Seleukos IV did is trying to clean up the mess of his father. He didn't seem to be charismatic as well, since he tried to shape...
Thank you for the explanation. It however, doesn't justify or explain their use of fictional personnel, fake address, fake e-mails, fake phone...
Nice coins and an interesting write up, thanks
What a great write up! and such a weird emperor, I never heard of him or read about him. This makes me even more interested in Roman coinage and...
Wonderful @Ryro, your shield collection is getting absolutely huge! How many types you still think you need to get? And do you have every shield...
Great collection and nice description from all the kings as well. Seleukos I ofcourse number one for me as well, together with his son Antiochos I...
I am not surprised A stands for Antioch, since pretty much all tetradrachms from different rulers other than Antiochos VIII, such as Antiochos...
[IMG] Islands off Caria, Kos. AR Hemidrachm, circa 285-258 B.C. Rhodian standard. Magistrate Stephanos. Obverse: Head of young Herakles right in...
Thank you. Coins from Crete are indeed very interesting, the history as well. I look forward seeing your first coin! The region of Chania and...
Happened exactly to me with the last Leu auction, sounds way too familiar.
The city of Gortyn, laying in the south of the Greek island of Crete, was one of the oldest and strongest cities in Crete during ancient history,...
Very nice diobol! My ephesos coins: [IMG] Ephesos, Ionia. Drachm (500 - 420 B.C) Obverse: Bee with curved wings, EΦEΣION. Reverse: Quadripartite...
Congratulations! Much health wished to your new son.
It is a sigma, just a variety, and quite common in Attic region. As I mentioned before, the Italian languages are derived from Greek. We shouldn't...
Looks like Greek iconography to me. I highly doubt Italian icongraphy is used on an Athenian weight from 500 BC that is found in the agora. Greek...
Very interesting information. It looks like the weight with the turtoise is the Aeginetic standard. The weight is 126 grams, which is exactly 10...
Nice coins. I agree with @THCoins, it seems to be a crudly engraved hemidrachm from the magistrate "Gorgias". No other Magistrates name seem to...
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