Lately so much stuff gets faked I am even surprised it gets faked. Besides this coin, I am also very cautious with drachms and fractions from...
I did a write up about this coin if anyone is interested: [IMG] Antiochos III Megas (223 B.C. - 187 B.C.) Bronze Coin. Military mint in Ekbatana...
King killer Alexander I Balas (killing Demetrios I Soter). [IMG] Alexander I Balas Æ Bronze. Cyrrhus mint (149/8 B.C.) Obverse: Diademed head of...
Mine: [IMG] Constantine II (337-340 BC) Æ4 Siscia mint circa 337-340 BC Obverse: Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right Reverse: Two soldiers...
Great Epeirote league drachm @Severus Alexander. Very nice relief of Zeus and the reverse good and visible with a bonus letter E on it! The...
Yes indeed, style looks kind of different (as expected with total different mints) but definitely the same Seleukid iconography. Nice coin by the...
I was not aware of a Thracian dynast named Adaios who was strategos of the Seleukid empire and minted coins in his own name, an interesting guy....
Very informative book, and nice coin as well! My coin will fall under number 635: [IMG] Sicily, Kentoripai Æ Hemilitron (Ca. 344-336 B.C.)...
[IMG] Kassander Bronze Coin “One Unit” (305 B.C. - 297 B.C) Obverse: Head of beardless Herakles right, wearing lion skin Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ...
[IMG] Antiochos IV Epiphanes Egyptianizing series (175 B.C. - 164 B.C.) Obverse: Wreathed head of Isis right. Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY ΘEOY...
[IMG] Alexander II Zabinas AR Tetradrachm (128 B.C. - 122 B.C.). Antioch mint. Obverse: Diademed head of Zabinas right Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ...
That is what makes history so interesting and astonishing all those crazy people and periods! Also, nice coins! Wow! what a special coin, I have...
Great and sharp tetradrachm! Thank you! Yes the iridescent toning is what convinced me for getting the coin :)
During the Cretan war of 205 to 200 BC, Rhodian commanders struck and issued Rhodian-type coins on Crete. Later on in ca. 200-185 BC, local Cretan...
Very interesting and nice coins. I did notice that the Arados bee does have a distinct style compared to the Ephesos bee.
[IMG] Byzantion, Thrace ½ Siglos (340–320 B.C.) Obverse: Bull standing left on dolphin left, ΠY above. Reverse: Incuse punch of mill-sail pattern....
[IMG] Obol from Mysia, Kyzikos, 450 B.C. - 400 B.C. Obverse: Forepart of boar left, retrograde E on body, tunny fish swimming upwards behind....
[IMG] Crete, Gortyna. Circa 85-82 BC. Obverse: Head of Hermes left, wearing petasos. Reverse: Bull butting left; caduceus above; in exergue: ΓΟΡΤ;...
My only gorgon so far: [IMG] Alexander III the Great Bronze Coin (320 B.C.) two chalkoi (quarter obol). Obverse: Macedonian shield, boss...
Shell: [IMG] Sicily, Syracuse Æ Hemilitron – Reign of Tyrant Dionysius I (Ca. 405-367 B.C.) Obverse: Head of Arethusa left with elaborate hair...
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