For some reason I had it in my head that these were larger coins. I didn't realize they were itsy-bitsy.
Let's not forget about Apollodotus! Here's an ae drachm with elephant and zebu - one of the best I've seen in terms of strike and surfaces. A...
Leaping griffin prancing horse - a distinctive type from Alaesa, Sicily. :) [ATTACH]
So I was out shopping for RR denarii the other day, and came across this one of L. Calpurnius Piso L.f. Frugi, Horseman galloping right type. This...
Here's one of those tiny mussels of Gryneion, 11mm, and a really nice one, but a little crusty... [ATTACH]
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...
I'm not sure how rare it is, but this was a recent cherrypick - I've found only three examples at CNG, none elsewhere. I'll have to submit it to...
Agreed. The information is fairly general, but accurate and interesting, and it's got great photographs. Makes an excellent coffee table book!
It must be his birthday because evidently he has better things to do than hang out with the likes of us today.
Wow that coin is something else. :wideyed:
Some pretty cool loot! Pardon my ignorance of artifacts, but what exactly are scarabs made of? They don't appear to be metal. Clay?
Nice thread - I enjoyed seeing all your examples of this wonderful type!
I've never seen the meaning of XP on Ptolemaic coins explained, so it gets described as a monogram. These are simply the letters chi and rho in...
My wife begged me for a vacuum - it was the top-of-the-line vacuum with every fancy bell and whistle that cost a thousand bucks, but a vacuum...
One last coin for the night, but not much info on it. Hemidrachm of Persis, Manuchtir II, 2nd century AD. Really nice Persian bust on a less...
Now I don't throw around the phrase FDC very often, but how else would you describe this coin? A hemidrachm of Tabaristan, perfect strike, perfect...
Rabbath-Moba was built on the site of the Biblical town Ir-Moab. It was located East of the Dead Sea, and inhabited during Roman times by the...
I do not, but I believe Carthago does - perhaps he'll post it. (For the uninitiated, the coins with ANTIOXIA in exergue are minted in Antioch. The...
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,...
As Doug mentioned, late Severan Dynasty denarii have a low silver content, but they were pickled in an acidic recipe prior to striking, in order...
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