Wikipedia says "Much of the iron and bronze was reforged from the various weapons Demetrius's army left behind, and the abandoned second siege...
During this period there was a giant bronze colossus just lying on the ground downtown! The 33 meter tall colossus had snapped at the knees...
@dougsmit (and others) What do you think of this coin? The fields are devices are worn smooth but the inscription seems clear. [ATTACH] Moesia,...
I usually avoid tooled coins but this Kushan coin is one of my favorites. I really like the three-fingered Santa Claus but not as much as as the...
Here is the facing head variety. Thick enough that someone attempted to make a hole and gave up part-way through. [ATTACH] Rhodes/Rhodos,...
I like the way Numismatic Expert C. Hurlemann says "Authenticity approved" rather than "Authenticity guaranteed". "I'm C. Hurlemann, and I...
I don't have tets of either but I have a bronze coin that greatly reminds me of the lovely one @ancient coin hunter started the thread with....
Freudian slip?
I have several lyre types but you all have posted most already. Here is a lyre type that seems rare. No examples on acsearch.info and I don't...
Constantinople mint. When I bought it I did not realize the big selling point is the emperor taking the hand of God. On mine it is not...
Here is a bug-eye Valerian. Perhaps he is frightened of the Egyptian mummy on the reverse? [ATTACH] Anemorion/Anemurium, Valerian, 253-268 AD...
Before coins had writing it must have been difficult to figure out the denomination. It is fairly easy to tell a tetradrachm from a drachm from...
I have never seen that reverse! "The reverse of this interesting Festival of Isis of Julian II medallion shows the husband-wife siblings Serapis...
I also have a JQA and like @Bing mine comes via Mendel Peterson. [ATTACH] Carcacalla, 196-198 AD, denarius 17mm 2.77g Obv: M AVR ANTON CAES...
Barry Murphy calls the thing a "ladle(?)". See http://bpmurphy.ancients.info/chersonese/page1.htm for examples and references. I think this is a...
This is a parody. The real press release for this coin can be found at...
If we are doing Pan in general I have a nice one: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] THRACE, PANTIKAPAION. AE Tetrachalk, 21mm, circa 314-310 BC. Obv: Head of...
I was wondering if there is any medal collecting discussion sites? Historical or artist's medals?
Nearly every coin was different in the Asyut hoard. It could have been a collection. It could also be the souvenir of a tour. Or a teaching aid...
Great Pan tetradrachm, Greg! I aspire to owning an example of this type someday. I do have the related small bronze of Pan erecting a trophy,...
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