According to Wiktionary, the name is "... possibly a corrupted form of an older खरोष्ट्री (kharoṣṭrī, “the script of Kharoshtra”), which is itself...
I have never seen anything like this. As @lordmarcovan pointed out, the reverse resembles Netherlands ducats. It doesn't just resemble the...
Can you read any letters beyond WN? Many similar coins from Kolophon, but there aren't enough letters to check for magistrate names....
Even a security system cannot beat a fast thief: https://coinweek.com/coinweek-podcast/coinweek-podcast-114-coin-shop-theft/ and...
I believe this coin depicts Europa and the bull. I am the only person who thinks this; every other catalog calls the figure Aphrodite or...
This tiny bronze should provide a nice break from all these large silver coins. [ATTACH] CARIA, Kaunos, 3rd cent BC, AE10, 1.29g (Minted under...
Others have told you that the joke is that the coin is a counterfeit. When I read the joke I thought it was about the odd monogram. Most Greek...
I see this monogram on drachms of Sardis, Price 2599 through 2603 http://numismatics.org/pella/id/price.2599 There is something weird on Zeus'...
We had a thread about countermark pairs before. I showed my example from Abydos.
Very nice early tin @Loong Siew ! I have some later tin coins of Palembang that look like cash coins. Nothing with animals. @TuckHard for the...
I also lack the catalog. I believe this web site is associated with the catalog. It has some great coins....
On this coin the reverse is nearly gone. That obverse though! Smoothed and etched with mysterious deep lines. [ATTACH] Macedonian Kingdom,...
I don't have any coins previously owned by Buddy Ebsen but I have a physical copy of the 1987 auction catalog for his collection of ancient gold...
The attribution to the Western Turks comes from a short article by Dietrich Schnädelbach in ONS Newsletter 169 (Spring 2001). The claim is that...
@Parthicus nice "fish eye". The fire altar on the reverse looks a bit like a fish hook with float on these as well! Here is one that looks like...
Stavri Topalov believes the gorgon/incuse examples of 3.2g and less are Thracian. He claims hoards are found in cities along the Maritza...
Correct. And the proof is the ΠΑΡΙ inscription, which must be Parion or the island of Paros. Pellerin's 1763 book established Parion from...
I also doubt these come from Parion. I was going to write this up for publication but I never got around to it. I suspect gorgon/cross silver...
There is a Copyright Clearance Center. Go to https://www.copyright.com/ and enter the ISBN 978-0-521-07492-6. Click "Pay Per Use options". You...
To me it looks like a ShRI Ja - VaNT. Nothing that matches these letters in Plant's book Greek, Asiatic, Semetic. The last three kings on...
Separate names with a comma.
