Were any of you guys aware of this type? I was not, until last week. It's a Sicilian bronze that imitates Athenian New-Style tets: similar...
Emmett's Alexandrian Coins for starters. I knew this book was more catalog, less analysis, but that's ok - I've got a pile of JB's tets I can...
A bunch of disparate coins going into my store this week, but they're just too lovely and interesting not to share now. For starters, a strong,...
This guy is on FORVM's notorious fake seller list, so he is known. eBay never does anything about the complaints - he continues to sell with...
This glorious bastard arrived today, double sestertius of Postumus, my first of the denomination. I know most of these were overstruck, but I'm...
Yesterday I had the pleasure of receiving this Syrian tet of Herennius Etruscus in the mail. Recently I handled a Hostilian of Viminacium, so I...
Looking through lot after lot at Lanz, finding almost nothing but altered coins. Is this the new hobby? Do collectors just not care anymore? Or do...
Various coins I found at the Baltimore show yesterday, in no particular order. Here is Vespasian, IOVIS CVSTOS reverse. I loved the expressive,...
Janus the god belongs exclusively to the Romans, but we do find Greek coins with janiform heads, like this diobol of Lampsakos that I found in...
...maybe you shouldn't go out of your way to take pics of the edge that CLEARLY show a seam, lol....
The Serdica mint issued a variety of large bronzes for Caracalla that have an almost medallic quality to them. They are quite large (this one at...
It would appear that the gods neither despised nor favored Hostilian - they were completely indifferent. He was the second son of Trajan Decius...
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Have any of you ever tried to actually decipher the idiosyncratic Greek on Baktrian drachms? If you go to Wildwinds, or other resources, the...
The most common type for her, but the strike and silvering combine for a gorgeous little bit of metal... [ATTACH]
It's coin picture taking day, so I'll start with a US half dollar, 1830. Huh? :confused: Well, my wife and I were out antiquing yesterday and I...
These are a couple of recent cherry-picks. They were misattributed to Syracuse, although the inscriptions are clearly BPETTIΩN. The first is the...
Hello friends, here's a handful of ancient coins. Payment by Paypal, check, or MO. Please PM me if you're interested in any of them. Shipping is...
Diodotus Tryphon was a Seleucid usurper who managed to hang on to his throne for a good four years. There is a coin type unique to his rule, and...
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