Very nice! When it is too much work to abbreviate your city name just create a monogram out of the first two letters! I had not seen that...
I also have a Republican fouree. [ATTACH] Rome, moneyer Sabula, 74 BC, fourrée denarius, 2.96g 18mm O: Winged head of Medusa left, snakes in...
Wings so long they touch the ground! [ATTACH] EGYPT, Tacitus 275-276 AD, potin 20.6mm 7.86g A K MA [TAKITO]C CEB; Bust with laurel wreath,...
Long before the Roman emperors took up the practice of wearing the aegis the Baktrian Greeks used this mysterious concept for their own fashion....
Neal Baker, writing for The Sun, reports on 54 replica aureii unearthed by a pair of metal detectorists in a field in Suffolk England....
I remember a guy in my coin club who brought his Nepalese proof set and told us the story of the massacre. Spoiler alert (don't read further if...
The catalogs have been scanned and can be found on the Newman Numismatic Portal. The catalog you want is at...
It looks great. You were wise to go with Babylon: it is the best mint for these.
In some parts of the world unusual coins were not put aside. This strange coin circulated for a time. [ATTACH] Nepal, 1 Paisa - Tribhuvana Bir...
If it was declared it could easily spend two weeks clearing US Customs.
Here is a coin I'd like to upgrade (but I am not ready to do so): [ATTACH] Crete, Knossos, 200-67 BC, AE14, 2.18g Obv: Zeus Rev: [Κ]ΝΩ[/Σ−Ι/ΩΝ];...
Tiny coins do not draw the eye if they are not sharp and of good metal. Before:[ATTACH] After:[ATTACH] (Pasted as thumbnails to illustrate.)
The poster is rare. It was made by a collector of gorgoneion types and it is made up of coins from his collection plus museum coins. The...
Laodicea Combusta is not the most common mint so congratulations! I wonder how it was discovered that the figure on the reverse is Cybele. Are...
I have this map of the ancient Mediterranean showing all of the mints that struck coinage depicting the gorgoneion.
Any speculation on why these occur on Egyptian coins under the Ptolemies but not under the Romans? Any speculation why these occur on coins from...
Your search should be for Zeus Ammon and Star.
If I lived near Dallas I would buy from your shop but not sell to it! Buying rare world gold in MS at a small premium over bullion seems like a...
You asked if it it is worth the money to “grade” an ancient coin. I think you mean having a coin slabbed and graded by NGC Ancients. The fee is...
Barclay Head: "Imperial coins from Aurelius to Caracalla, and, after a break, again, under Gallienus." http://snible.org/coins/hn/thrace.html#Serdica
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