Good idea! You just may start the "next big thing" :)
Wow! Good thing you studied it so deeply!
Septimius Severus [IMG] Septimius Severus Rome, CE 206 AR denarius, 3.41 gm, 20 mm, 12h Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head right Rev: LAETITIA...
Good eye! Different lighting, color vs black and white, image resolution, and other factors can make matching old pictures to an in-hand coin...
That really is an incredible coin. What are they? Can you edit your post to describe the coins (at least the basics)?
A great example of how even humble or inexpensive coins can be fascinating when you dig deeply! I have a few around here somewhere but need to...
Nice selections, everyone! That's an interesting coin, @altaycoins-- reminds me of the popular (at least here on CoinTalk) Seljuks of Rum dirhams...
A quick tour of archives shows that on all of these coins, the carried figure is wearing a long garment. Some coins show what appear to be...
Maybe you're right! That looks like a long garment on the carried figure, although I suppose it could be a formal toga. Do I see breasts though,...
What a gorgeous coin! Yours is from some of the more artistic dies for the type and the toning is lovely :) Thanks for the Aetna excerpt-- I...
Welcome, @altaycoins, or welcome back :)
Ah. I took a quick look at ACsearch and based on what you said, figured it was this coin :D. I'm sure you'll find what you need in the book :)
H. von Fritze's works were published in the early 20th century so they should be public domain now and available somewhere online. Gimme a sec......
Hmm. I'm short on Qs and Rs for the usual suspects. How about a moneyer? Q. Crepereius M.f. Rocus [IMG] ROMAN REPUBLIC, Moneyer Q. Crepereius...
Considering the shoddy (but interesting) coins struck under Gallienus, your new goat is in great shape! A real winner :) I don't have a...
Ptolemy I Soter :) In his satrapal days: [IMG] EGYPT. Ptolemy I Soter satrap of Tyre, dated RY 32 of king Azemilkos (318/7 BC). AR tetradrachm,...
Orou, a local dynast in archaic Caria. An eBay find. The winged man-headed bull looks more like a man-faced mosquito. [IMG] CARIA, Uncertain...
Still catching up... Kay Khusraw II [IMG] SELJUKS OF RUM, Ghiyath al-Din Kay Khusraw II bin Kay Qubadh Konya mint, CE 1241/2 (AH 639) Silver...
Oooh, I've been unwillingly busy the last few days and have missed a hundred posts! There is a great array of coins shown in this thread :)...
Wow, that's special!! I haven't kept up with the number of these known to the market since writing this thread three years ago. I've seen...
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