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If you'll permit a (very) modern digression, there's a lion on here. And a biblical theme, to sort of tie it in with ancients. As of this post,...
Did you get that one from me? I gave one of those to somebody fairly recently, though I'll be danged if I can remember who.
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Holy Roman Emperor Charles V wears a crown on this ca. 1521-1545 Carolus d'or (florin) from Brabant. Let's change the theme to swords next. (I...
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I like it. I believe that is what is referred to as "anepigraphic" by ancient coin peeps. (i.e., without a legend.) Much like the United...
I want one of those. And one of the hexagonal Belgian Congo pieces with the elephant.
@Stork- What a breathtaking addition! Perfect tie-in, to show the ancient inspiration for your Albanian coin's design. Zog's infatuation with...
It's interesting how seamlessly the center ring of that bimetallic Czech coin "blends" on one side. On the reverse (city) side, you can barely see...
It's in my "Eclectic Box". See link in signature line. :) Long story short, it's a Seljuk (or Seljuq) dirham from the 13th century (AH...
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Yes, by the "24-hour Rule" in the OP, you had the right to reset the theme when it went dormant. Lions have been done aplenty, and I'm sure I've...
There's also the 'Tater Trick, and the Microwaved Peroxide Trick... ;)
Oh, despite the fact that the coin you treated started out being worth one cent and ended up being worth one cent, I'd say from an aesthetic...
I suppose it's also possible that there's some bias here. Perhaps an odd, quirky feature like this is far more jarring to us post-industrial...
Apparently "centration" is not quite the right term. See the link @Roman Collector put in Post #2. There is some interesting stuff in there.
I think that right there is forensic proof of the invention of firearms a millennium or so earlier than previously believed. And Zeus lost the...
I've never owned a Zeus/Eagle Ptolemaic bronze, or for that matter, any Ptolemaic coins ... yet. I like the design - quite a bit - but it seems...
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