Another SC / DE from Antioch [ATTACH] SYRIA, Antioch. Elagabalus, 218-222 AD, AE17 5.01g Obv: ΑΥΤ [ΚΑΙ Μ ΑΥΡ ΑΝΤWΝΙ]ΝΟΝ; Wreathed bust right Rev:...
You folks might feel this coin is modern. It is handmade and my oldest lead coin. [ATTACH] Sumatra, Jambi (Djambi) Sultanate, tin-lead, 1.38g...
I realize this is the Ancients Forum but I will post a modern coin anyway. As a YN I coveted a brockage Lincoln cent. We never saw bockages in...
The example on eBay has been sitting there for over a year. So less than that. The problem is that there are collectors of Mistruzzi and of...
I believe it was a historical medal commemorating the victory, not a decoration that a soldier would receive. There is one on eBay with the same...
Here is a similar Didius Julianus in similar condition that sold for about $700: https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=319401 I thought it...
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Perhaps we can turn this into a coin thread, showing coins that lack a consensus date range. Here is a bronze of Amphipolis in Macedon: [ATTACH]...
Usually we only know a few things that happened in a particular city in ancient times. For example we might know that the Persians conquered the...
Wow, eight hours and no one has posted another fanam? The identification below is mostly a guess; I don't have Herrli and there aren't any online...
It is nice of you to remember that old bit of work. I stopped maintaining it when I discovered https://sites.google.com/site/digitallibrarynumis/...
The depictions of Medusa look similar in pictures but the fourée lacks depth. The reverse of the fourée is a mess. The horse heads look alien....
Even in good shape it can be hard to decipher the king's name. Many dealers just call him "octopus man". Here is a high grade example for...
Sharp triobol! No one knows the meaning of the triskeles. It is known from the bronze age. Both words are from the ancient Greek....
The style doesn't match any Apollonia Pontika coins sold by major dealers. This doesn't mean it is fake. However, a strange-style specimen in a...
Another goddess whose attribute is the torch is Eileithyia. Wikipedia: "Eileithyia, along with Artemis and Persephone, is often shown carrying...
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It is possible the the CNG one that had a lot of Thessaly is available as a PDF. I can't recall. I have the BCD auction catalogs except Olympia....
ANS has an example with Septimius Severus and another with Gordian III (no picture).
This coin is one of my mistakes. I saw it cheap at a show this year. I had never seen anything like it before and figured it must be extremely...
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