To my mind the oddest marks on Whu Zhu were made with a sharp tool. When you need a half of a Whu zhu but don't want to lose the hole for...
I can't say that I have a goal of finishing the set but I intend to gather a few that appeal to me along the way. It will be easier for me since...
Menander I 165/155–130 BC Ar drachm [ATTACH] Next: a bilingual Eastern coin
Skandagupta 455-469 AD Ar unit (13mm, 1.94g) / bull right https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skandagupta [ATTACH] Next: an Indian coin with a...
Do all of these have the error on the dustjacket? My grey jacket 1985 edition has it right.
I guess it would be rougher if I had none. [ATTACH] Does the fact that my Severus Alexander has the tree suggest that the treeless Gordian was...
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/dougsmith/abb.html Years ago I posted a page expanding many common abbreviations found on Roman coins. Several...
I do not know but I would like to see someone research: The coin dates from just a bit before the time that Licinius appointed Valens as his...
While I prefer the double sestertius ID of the two, it might also be a medallion of some sort making the denomination irrelevant. How are we to...
Same man, same mint, same year but Sol/Helios head reverse [ATTACH]
I am quite fond o the series and would not mind having the set from the mints but the price will keep that from happening here. I have showed my...
It is only a hundred times better that mine. I have seen a perfect one over 40g that went for about $100,000. They also come in the Herrenia...
I think we would be surprised at the amount of trade that went on between East and West in the time of these coins. It is not at all necessary...
I have been amazed at the wide variety of specialty interests we have represented here on Coin Talk. Carthage certainly is one, as is their chief...
I'll second that. Some of us are a bit suspicious of new members because of bad experiences with trolls in the past who only wanted to make...
Ptolemy II, Sidon mint tetradrachm [ATTACH] This is also year 33 like my overdate which I show way too often. Next: Ptolemy III
Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm Nike alighting atop prow of galley left / Poseidon standing left, throwing trident held in...
Odyssus greated by his old dog Argos on Republican fourree denarius [ATTACH] Next: rodent on a Greek coin
fourree denarius [ATTACH] Next: An unoffical Imperial denarius earlier than this one
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