This is a challenging area to collect, @Parthicus! Before the Islamic conquest Bukhara had struck coins like this: [ATTACH] Bukharian Soghd, AE...
The cornucopia or horn of plenty was a symbol of abundance and nourishment, commonly a large horn-shaped container overflowing with produce,...
CARIA. Antiochia ad Maeandrum, like this. Update: I see KirkCumberland found this two hours ago and I missed his reply. I would delete this...
Consider keeping pictures of the entire inventory of this seller. The color and surfaces of the replicas is improving. It will come handy in the...
This coin came from Harlan J Berk's junk box in 2001. At that time the junk box coins were $12.50. [ATTACH] Hindu Shahi Kings, Samanta...
Your reverse is especially charming! Thunderbolts usually crackle across the sky and seeing one sitting and resting is unexpected. It is jarring...
Someone on the Forum thread photocopied the key section and mailed it to me. I owned one Persian siglos and I was able to use the material to...
It may be that you are looking to identify sigloi. See http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=70075.0 for a similar discussion...
This Greek diobol is thick and tiny. Lincoln cent for scale. [ATTACH] Ionia, Teos. 375 (or 320?) - 294 BC. 1.0g 9.5mm diobol Obv: Griffin...
You have some great tiny bronze coins. I especially admire the goat head. Nice camera setup also. I also enjoy tiny bronzes. I have a few of...
Thanks Mike. Here is an example from my collection of a not-so-rare coin that may hold the kind of information you describe. [ATTACH] PISIDIA,...
Coins that are rare today probably did not get much use in ancient times outside of a small geographic area. Coins with just a few examples known...
I went easy on the purchases to prepare for some auctions later this month. I came home with a 1604 Lion Daaldar and a Himyarite coin, both from...
"Octopus man" [ATTACH] Sri Lanka, Polonnaruva, Sahasa Malla, 1200-2 AD, AE20, 4.17g Seated king, SRIMA SAHASA MALLA in Brahmi in two vertical...
I will be there.
Perhaps Thrace, Sestos? https://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=72257 https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=4470913...
This Gordian III is holed and has quite miserable surfaces but is surprisingly large and heavy. [ATTACH] Cilicia, Tarsos, Gordian III (238-244...
A good site for these coins is Zeno.ru. They don't give catalog numbers but they show lots of examples. For Rudrasimha I start at...
The larger coin was holed to use as a necklace. The smaller coin fits through string hole of the larger coin. [ATTACH] The larger coin is from...
[ATTACH] Sikyon, circa 330/20-280 BC, hemidrachm, 2.82g, 15mm Obv: ΣΙ; Chimaira advancing left Rev: Dove flying left Sear 2774 Stacks/Coin...
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