Vejovis [IMG] Roman Republic, L. Caesius 112-111 BCE AR denarius, 3.92 gm Obv: bust of Vejovis from behind, head turned left, holding a...
All the time :) Nice coin!!
Much larger than typical scarabs, they were placed over the heart or throat of the mummy and sometimes had a passage from the Book of the Dead...
Nice!! There must've been a large hoard of these found a few years back because suddenly a bunch of them hit the market. I don't remember seeing...
Welcome to CoinTalk, @curtislclay! Good to have you here :)
I'm away from home right now and will check notes later but I don't think that is a horn. It is a blade-like leaf of some grain, if I recall...
Whoa!! What a wonderful and unexpected delight!
Fun pickup, Randy :). Like Mat and Mikey, I'm tempted but reluctant to go down another expensive collecting path. I did buy one a year or so...
My largest non-Greeks are drachms of Roman Egypt and I have 50+ of them, mostly lower grade. A few examples: [IMG] Hadrian drachm / Nilus...
Today is Tday and that means I get to post my favorite Tyrian coins! Tyre: [IMG] [IMG] PHOENICIA, Tyre. Elagabalus CE 218-222 AE29, 13.4 gm...
That Smyrna alliance coin is stunning! Wow!!
Cool! A little bit more impressive than my box-viewed 81% eclipse experience :D [ATTACH] (it looked better when I blocked extraneous light from...
I'm ready with my hasty pinhole viewer (don't laugh, it works :D). Now if those clouds would clear up... [ATTACH]
Great provincials, Mikey! The Calycadnum bronze is particularly nice (fantastic prices too). I'll refrain from showing my huge Greek bronzes and...
TYCHE, goddess of fortune, chance, providence, and fate [IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius AE drachm, regnal year 5 (CE 141/2) Obv: laureate...
TRIPTOLEMOS, demi-god of the Eleusinian mysteries who presided over the sowing of grain-seed and the milling of wheat. [IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria....
Hmm. I wanted to read some of that site's pages but what's up with this crazy design? That permanent banner at the bottom (a religious...
What's that site, David? I went to allcoinage.com and it's a placeholder for what looks like a soon-to-come auction archive, yet it looks like...
Looking at the pictures, I'm worried that the coin might be soldered in. It shouldn't be. It looks like the type of bezel setting that allows...
Looks fine, typical of the type. Bronzes do need to be carefully stored though. I generally give all of mine a light coat of Verdicare if there...
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