In April of this year I bought a small lot of prutot intending to give one of the Pontius Pilates to a very religious friend. Still haven't done...
[ATTACH] THRACE, Odessos c. 120-90 BC AR tetradrachm, 29.5 mm, 16.5 gm In the style of Alexander III Obv: Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's...
Hmm, I haven't finished cataloging and attributing the 'TIF's Folly' mixed lot and forgot about this Greek silver. I think it's a Mysia, Pergamon...
Doug, you may have been remembering my lion/scorpion coin. The attribution it came with indicated Caria (Karia), Mylasa as the place of origin....
WHOA, Collect! That's an incredible obol!
(shrug) I don't begrudge anyone spending any amount they want for a coin, since I don't know their personal reasons for spending that much. I'm...
Yep, Zumbly. That one was supposed to be mine. I submitted an absentee bid that I though would be safely above the hammer. Watched live,...
Aphrodite riding a bull?! WANT!
One more which still hasn't arrived. It was a good find and hammered for a decent price, considering. These get pretty crazy at auction....
And a few more from Klazomenai. [ATTACH] This one is a very slow flyer, still waiting, waiting, waiting... Bought it four weeks ago, should...
Why I believe I do have a few coins of Ionia :) Here are a few Klazomenai pigasus issues from around 500 BC. The first two are diobols, 9 mm...
That picture totally looks like this camouflaged flounder: [IMG]
Do you think my Oreo is tooled? [ATTACH]
Every millimeter of the obverse looks heavily tooled. Legend, bust, fields.
I know nothing about these but WOW, especially the first one.
Yeah, I love those two also! Steve has the bestest coins.
Interesting! Not sure about the coin in question, but here's a bronze hemidrachm of Hadrian (Alexandria) with a similar design:...
Boy, Zeus... half of my coins have Zeus! I won't post them all but this is one of my favorites, Ptolemy IV, 42 mm. [ATTACH]
No kidding, it's teh-trah-dram?! Not sure I can break the drah-kum habit.
"Udderly" delightful, John!
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