I'm having trouble with fine details of the Jenkins plates. I cheated and checked archives, finding one which appears to be a double die match to...
Thanks, everyone! Here are some coins of the closest Sicilian enemy of Carthage at the time, Agathokles. A few years before the issue of the...
I tried a short while ago but there was several possibilities and my eyes are now fatigued. I think it's possible to match it up though, so I'll...
The curvy-necked horses carry the "People of the Camp" legend (Jenkins 5a). Do you know the die numbers of your coin? I've got the Jenkins part...
Y'know, when I first saw this reverse I thought it was a pomegranate. It's an astragapoppigranate.
[ATTACH] SICILY, Entella. Punic issues c. 300-289 BCE; AR tetradrachm, 24 mm, 16.8 gm, 12h) Obv: head of Melquart-Herakles right, wearing lion...
No superstition here either-- I just prefer to use my own photographs so I have to wait for the coins :).
That's such a great coin!! I bought that group lot of campgates in part because the picture suggested they had a lot of silvering and I didn't...
Thanks for the interesting post, @Voulgaroktonou!
Fantastic, @LaCointessa! What a nice gift, and good job with the attribution :) A couple of years ago I bought a group lot containing many...
LOL :) Congrats, Anoob, on scoring another coin from your exotic wish list!
Yes (your reverse image is upside down)
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It's a swan. Check listings under Ionia (Klazomenai and Lukai, maybe other cities). The condition and centering of your coin may prevent...
It's very nice! What can you tell us about it?
I agree with Bing-- it's best to start a new thread, with cropped images shown full size in the post. That said, there probably isn't any need to...
LOL, good one :D
Head or bust as the main device, smartypants :p :D, although by posting that RR Janus Collect did open the door to variations... not that staying...
Next up: Non-Roman-Egyptian coins with busts or heads on both the obverse and reverse. [IMG] KINGDOM OF BOSPORUS. Sauromates II EL stater /...
@DUPONDII, you have some fantastic Roman Egyptian coins! ... Guess I'll pile on a load of coins with more than one head or bust, since we're...
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