There is information, indeed. Hoover gives succinct historical backgrounds and numismatic analyses. The catalogs cover major varieties. These are...
That's easy for you to say.
I like to wear the traditional costume of my people to Christmas parties. I hope nobody minds. [ATTACH]
Your Secret Santa told me he wanted to send someone ANCIENT COIN BOOKS! I knew just who to give him. :)
An excellent set! I'm working on Hoover's handbooks myself, hope to finish the set this year.
Hello friends, here are 20 coins at clearance prices. PM me if interested. I am not taking returns on these coins, so look carefully before you...
It's a LARGE 1877 One 1¢ Cent Indian Head Penny Coin United States of America Liberty.
Well you are obviously robbing them blind. :p
Great choices! RIC dates this coin "After her death in AD 141." More recent scholarship puts it in October or November of 140. The coins are not...
Remarkable detail for a quinarius. Your idea of beauty contest winners is obviously different than mine.
Not quite. Prieur 304 has no officina mark. Yours has Δ over the eagle's right wing, making it 308. This is the note from the text... "After some...
They're not for sale! :rage: :cool:
Heh - yeah. The "nicest" Nabataean coins aren't Nabataean. BTW, that is the same Aretas on the Scaurus denarius as the one named on my #1 coin,...
Thanks David! Butcher is definitely on my list - hopefully he'll get into my library this year.
1. No need for a drum roll. I warned you all that this would be a letdown. When I first started collecting Nabataean coinage and acquired...
2. I'll keep #2 short and sweet - you've all seen it a few times. First year of rule AR sela of Aretas IV, queen Huldu on reverse, 9 BC. So far...
3. Number three coin is a tetradrachm of the Characene king Attambelos III (AD 37/38 - 44/45). Absolutely nothing is known of this king except his...
The Vespasian is a scarce type in a pleasing grade, and the cross variety from Aquileia is wonderful - the cross is quite distinctive. I'd be...
4. A provincial issue of Septimius Severus, Petra. The most interesting facet of this coin is that Tyche holds a stele, or idol of the Nabataeans....
I'm just catching up on this thread myself. As far as I'm concerned, fractional silver with good detail is ALWAYS a winner!
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