I suspect the wording was chosen to allow Celtic gold, such as the quarter staters, to avoid the "treasure" designation if found singly. Celtic...
Nice Marcus Aurelius, @Jochen . Here is Antoninus Pius: [ATTACH] Syria, Cyrrhestica, Cyrrhus, AE22 Obv: ΑΥΤοΚΡ ΚƐСΑΡ ΤΙΤ Ɛ[ΛΙ(sic) (ΑΔΡΙ)...
I find the mysterious coins of the Indonesia kingdoms very interesting! If I had local contacts I would consider collecting them seriously. At...
Glad you are feeling better. This example looks quite similar to yours but is attributed slightly differently. I don't know this series; I...
Some Roman gold coins were found at Newgrange. These must be a late edition, Newgrange is older than the pyramids of Egypt....
I haven't had a chance to try it yet. It should be possible to open the small cleaned image and select the background color. (In GIMP I would...
I have recorded gorgoneion countermarks on bronze for Seleukid coins (Seleukos II and Antiochos II), Mithradates the Great's Pontic kingdom,...
@Ryro What is the undertype of the countermark example?
I was also unfamiliar with it. CNG's web site has a bibliography which is sometimes easier than the ANS catalog because it is limited:...
Your monogram pair is Malloy 33s. Two coins in the British Museum, SNG Black Sea 1213-4 have the same pair. As you saw sometimes they are...
One of the coins in the book is the Athenian tetradrachm. These can be purchased for under $100. Maybe not from Berk. Here is a toned example...
According to this article Arthur Conan Doyle hand-wrote his tickets: https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v19n10a25.html...
Amazing stater @iamtiberius and good write-up @Jochen . If you have a chance read _The Amazons_ by Adrienne Mayor. Professor Mayor has a theory...
It is worth pointing out that some ancient coins were made of lead. References:...
I suspect the lion scalp symbolizes the king. In Assyria, lion hunting was a ritualized activity reserved for kings. I suspect it was similar in...
Great coins @Jochen, @Jwt708, @ancient coin hunter, and @arizonarobin ! I have been unsuccessful in finding a nimbate snake or agathodaemon for...
https://coins.ha.com/itm/greek/ancient-coins/ancients-pamphylia-aspendus-ca-mid-5th-century-bc-ar-stater-21mm-1087-gm-ngc-choice-vf-4-5-4-5/a/23190...
I saw this coin at the Heritage auction last month. Almost bid on it, but thought it would go high. When I saw the hammer price I wished I had...
Somewhere I read that Marsyas' bag was made out of his own skin. I am not sure if that is an ancient story or a modern attempt to shock....
[ATTACH] Lydia. Tripolis. Pseudo-autonomous issue AD 198-218 (or 193-268, or "Time of the Antonines"?). Bronze AE15 1.67g. Obv: Bust of Athena in...
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