Me neither. Evidently a minor city in the Troad region of Anatolia. It fades in and out of written history, and wasn't rediscovered until 1888....
Could you write my obituary when the time comes? lol
In fact, it's so fake that I don't think it was meant to deceive. It's a tourist token - you find these things all over Europe, anywhere you can...
100% Fake.
Whenever I see a coin like this it occurs to me that in the realm of ancients, rarities aren't rare. That is, individual coins can be quite rare -...
It's a great coin, and I type I hadn't seen till it was listed. It's probably a good thing you gave me a heads-up. It's just strange enough that I...
I looked through a dozen at the Baltimore show, but none of them had detail on the small reverse bust - they were all flatly struck. Yours is...
Axumite and Himyarite interest me very much. I hope to acquire a few this year.
It seems a few of you have acquired some Nabataean bronzes under my influence, but I'm still the odd-man-out when it comes drachms. I can't say I...
I looked up the coin you're referring to. 525 Swiss Francs is 547 US dollars today. I don't know what it was in 2009, but probably not too much...
Truer words have never been spoken.
Somebody should paint me holding a Nabataean. :p
Charles, you may have been looking at a solidus.
Yes, it's worth one thousand Zimbabwe dollars. :cool:
I also understand how difficult it is to take good pics of black, glossy coins. You did a good job. As Doug once said, the problem is: how much...
What IS that thing? It's far too ornate for battle. A ceremonial cannon? Or just a sculpture?
That's a beautiful coin, Chris, with outstanding detail. It would seem that Nikopolis had higher standards than many other provincial mints. I see...
Hm, I hope Doug didn't hear you say that. :eek: I know it's just a joke, but why does Taco Bell get such a bad rap? Our kids love Taco Bell, so...
Diebus Vitae Nostrae
Yeah, that's him! Small world...
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