SELJUQ OF RUM: Kaykhusraw II, 1236-1245, AR dirham [ATTACH] Next: Full length lion
I always assumed mine was a rock. [ATTACH]
This has stuck for a half hour now which shocks me since a common Athenian owl would do but I will repeat a Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC) period...
Sorry, I do not own the book. This is also a hemidrachm. [ATTACH]
Thanks for that listing. None strike me as strong candidates for overstrikes so I guess Parthia suffered from counterfeiters as well.
Caracalla Caesar Caesarea AR drachm (fully black), 197 AD, Mt Argaeus [ATTACH] Next: a coin showing a very young person who would later become...
There seem to be many black denarii of his time and mint. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Please remember that denarii of Philip are of the greatest rarity. Your coin with a radiate crown is a double denarius or antoninianus. IMO the...
There are several antoniniani from this period known overstruck on earlier denarii thus doubling their face value. With some work you might ID the...
Certainly it is possible but crosses were not the primary Christian symbol until several years later. On the other hand you certainly would get...
Sidon, 1//8 shekel [ATTACH] Next lion
My thoughts are that 99% of the coins sold to soldiers in Afghanistan and posted here our opinion are obvious fakes. From these photos I would...
Before jumping on Limes, read his post. We regularly tell people NOT to post identifiable lots in active auctions because we consider it either...
This brings up a subject of interest to me. Parthian fourrees are not at all common. I have seen two. Both, including my Mithradates I, were on...
Thothorses year 593 (296-297 AD) with Diocletian [ATTACH] Next: Another foreign ruler who placed his portrait and the Roman emperor on his coins.
Despite its doubling and flat spots, the wolf pediment is my favorite Maxentius. It is AQP. [ATTACH] There are several others that have some...
Both [ATTACH] Next: A coin with special interest for two unrelated reasons.
Look at the mintmark again.
Please explain 'auxiliary mint'. [ATTACH] I don't know what seth 77 intended but there are many coins issued in the name of a woman that do not...
Rather than breaking the rules, I'd say you are a part of the team trying to rid the hobby of such things. If you get nothing else out of Coin...
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