This is a very nice coin. While it may seem worn to some, Alexandrian drachms remained in circulation for a long time and often are much worse...
Lot 941 contained 25 coins of Maximianus including eleven "folii" (sic) (est $40 sold for $30). Again lot 907 should have been Gordians so I...
I found my catalog. Lot 907 was a group of 17 Antoniniani. Very Fine (2), Fine (9), Very Good (4) and holed (2) Sold As Is. No Returns. (as were...
There is a copy of part one (ancients) currently offered on VCoins for $75. Part two was world coins. The catalogs were not particularly nice...
Once I owned the catalog but have not been able to find it the last few times I wanted. I have too many boxes in the attic! Maybe it is time to...
Yes and, to the best of my knowledge, there is no way to tell which coins were in the President's collection and which were added after his death....
I have two but neither was lotted singly or illustrated. I hope you got the little ticket with lot number along with the coin. Mine are a follis...
All the posts so far have one thing in common - the wreath is shown centered on the round coin. Here is a Roman denarius of Caesar Augustus with...
Wreaths around votive numerals are a common Roman type of the 4th century AD. This sample is a silver siliqua of Constantius II with a high...
While I understand that this post was aimed at the post-Soviet period, Ukraine had a great history before there ever was a USSR. I'm not 100%...
Velia 4th century BC vs. deer Taras 4th century BC vs. Hercules Byblos 4th century BC vs. goat? I'll leave it to you which ones were wins...
Yes and the general soft details. Often there will be a line on the edge where two haves of a mold were joined or a file mark where that line was...
That is exactly the point. We of the world all do have claim on the world. When one group decides to destroy something from antiquity because it...
Randy got it on both counts. It is a cast fake copying Eukratides.
While not a popular opinion in Italy, I believe part of the problem is that 'Rome' the ancient culture and 'Rome' the city in Italy parted ways...
I mispoke. medoraman bemoaned the scarcity of his favorite (Rhino) on ancient coins. I want an ancient coin showing a Giraffe. Julius Caesar...
Show me a giraffe.
Yes. Actually that worried me. How did you know which side was up? I found it interesting that the same ruler had a coin of different design...
For what it is worth the names of rulers in this region confuses Westerners like me but I am reasonably sure that this is the same guy:...
The first is a 2 gani (AKA dugani - about 3.5g of 8% silver billon) of 'Ala-ud-din Muhammad Shah 1296-1316 AD Sultan of Delhi cataloging Tye...
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