I liked what you were doing with your series but your key post was the reply...
This is one of the first coins I bought when I started collecting. [ATTACH] Selinos, circa 480-460 BC, litra 0.75g, 10.5mm leaf / leaf Ref: Sear...
Does anyone have a list of Alexander III monograms? There are hundreds of monograms on the Macedonian-style tetradrachms. I'd like a table...
Thanks, Midweek Cutie! I received the mystery "coin" in trade from a coin dealer at the New York International in 2003. He acquired it around...
Our goal is to call the coin by the same name it was called in ancient times. Often we don't know the name, but we use it when we do. We have...
This scary guy has been haunting my dreams for years: [ATTACH] I can't find the details right now. About 10mm, about 1g. I acquired this in...
Great Vitellius, @Andres2 . Bronze doesn't flow like silver. Here is a bronze (or billon?) coin in high relief: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] KINGS of...
Great write-up, @Pavlos , and also great coins. There seem to be very few Cappadocian kingdom coins on the market with even strikes from...
Harlan Berk will be at the New York International in January. http://www.nyinc.info/dealers.php I have two Greek fractions that are troubling...
The link gives almost 48 specimens to look at from museum collections. Look for die matches. Pella is great for finding them. It is believed...
Here is the Pella database link for the type: http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.6 I don't have Price's book, but as this coin is type #6 it...
Doug's question is interesting. How do we know @Pavlos 's original coin depicts Asklepios? Barclay Head wrote "According to one tradition...
I bought this coin in September, sight unseen, for $25 from HC Lindgren, Fixed Price List #63. I was incredibly excited to see a coin with...
I am trying to figure out how these are supposed to be attributed. Your photo of the first coin says Phraates III, not your text. That makes...
@Al Kowsky Why do you think the first coin is Phraates III? Like Doug, I thought it was Sinatrukes. [ATTACH] Sinatrukes (circa 93/2-70/69 BC)....
You didn't mention it, but this 1945-D nickel is the finest known of the 37 million struck....
Wow, @Sulla80 , I have never seen the leopard symbol. Here is an example with the Medusa symbol: [ATTACH] Mysia, Pergamon, 135-128 BC,...
One side seems to show a nested rhombus connected to six stars, a moon, and also to an altar or planet. The other side seems to show a structure...
Phrygian cap with griffin-head on top, decorated with wizard stars: [ATTACH] BITHYNIA. Dia. AE (Circa 85-65 BC). Weight: 11.21 g. Diameter: 23...
I have met several members of the Early American Copper club. These collectors get excited about die pairs. For them, it might be a very big...
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