When I see this coin's obverse, this is what comes to mind... it's just something about the perspective :D (knock knock knock) Honey, would you...
That's a fun-looking coin!
If I correctly understand this statement... You are buying coins without knowing what they are You post them here for identification And then if...
In learning a bit more about the Phoenician alphabet(s) and translation, the reverse makes more sense now. The 'O', 'ain, is a glottal consonant....
I'd keep the one with the off-center obverse. While all of them have issues, its reverse is the best of the six sides and at least the portrait...
Hide your Hadrians! Oki is will take them all :D Quite a nice collection you have, Oki!
It was a coincidence discovered on Saturday. I showed him my dishekel in a private message (no, that's not a euphemism :D). He happened to be in...
At the moment I'm favoring it as numbers, perhaps indicating denomination. Here's some information on their numbering system. The chart is...
Thanks everyone! The legend translation is starting to make some sense. The second letter is supposedly a Z or Z equivalent. The language...
:D You're so funny.
:D Yeah, sorry about that timing, coinbro! Post yours here too :) Hey, wanna trade? This for your Kisthene Pigasus?
[ATTACH] PHOENICIA, Byblos. Uzzibaal. 350-335 BC* AR dishekel, 13.3 gm Obv: Three hoplites with shields in war galley left, roaring lion's head...
Perhaps you could mint a coin depicting your father as Shapur's footstool. :D
[ATTACH] It's a winner! That's a ton of propaganda and identity packed into a small space. Kudos to the coin's designer. And who doesn't like...
(&#*!) computer problems... double post.
I guess (partial) congratulations are in order! :D
I have several Roman Egyptian tetradrachms with Tyche :) [IMG] Hadrian/Tyche, 117/8 AD. Emmett 901(2) R4 [IMG] Claudius II/Tyche, 269/70 AD....
I've got a Phoenician coin that wants to crash this party. Arriving as a couple, here's Trajan and Astarte! [IMG] PHOENICIA, Arados Trajan....
Boy, that was a very short ride on the wagon! Astarte? Fancy wheeled display case? Meteorite? What's not to love?
Here's a better picture of my Gallienus/tigress. The obverse isn't quite as horrible as it first seemed. I bought a different lamp and made some...
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