[ATTACH] LYCAONIA. Iconium (as Claudiconium). Hadrian (117-138 AD). AE. Weight: 2.36 g. Diameter: 17 mm. Obv: ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟС ΚΑΙСΑΡ. Bare head left,...
BMC has at plate of a similar reverse https://books.google.com/books?id=Mk9mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA465#v=onepage&q&f=false (#6, Hyrcanis). A search on...
Reader's Digest replica Gela coin. https://www.cointalk.com/threads/help-wanted-gela-token.302274/
These are all great coins. My favorite so far is @red_spork 's Marcus Furius Lucii filius Philus denarius. I use my real face and real name and...
A story by Kevin Loria in Business Insider shows the damage done to the island of St. Thomas and mentions the crippled hospital and the citizens...
Yes. I'll quote the cataloger of CNG e-auction 344: "In addition to being countermarked, and presumably at the same time as the application of...
Here is a trilingual pre-Islamic Silk Road coin, struck by the Western Turks following the style of the Sasanians and the Huns. It has...
I hope everyone is doing OK. Here is a coin depicting Noah, that most famous of flood survivors. It is a coin of Apameia. (It is not in my...
Here is the first numismatic depiction of the volcano. This coin doesn't photograph well due to its low relief and low grade. About the only...
Wow that Khotan is fantastic! I have only seen them in catalogs, never in person. Here is a silk road cash coin that I have managed to obtain:...
Often what is impressive is not only the coin but the low price obtained! For example, here is my Macedonian Silenos: [ATTACH] I paid $56 for...
[ATTACH] In the name of Alexander the Great. Circa 293-286 BC? 4.3g 16mm. Obv: Gorgoneion as boss of Macedonian-style shield but with blundered...
To me the coin looks a great deal like https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=3048698 except with a two word inscription instead of a rabbit....
I can’t identify it but I can describe it. It seems to be made of copper with a brassy color and red patina. The obverse shows a head facing...
Usually my regrets cost much more than $30! Here is a circa $30 regret. [ATTACH] Moesia, Nicopolis, Caracalla, AE27, 12.06g Bust / Heremes std...
All are from the last three years. [ATTACH] Seleukid Kings. Seleukos I. 312-280 BC. Æ 13.5mm (2.49g). Antioch. Holed in antiquity. Obv: Winged...
Does anyone know how to get the correct color when taking pictures of gold coins? I do not know...
I have purchased some nice replicas from http://www.antiquanova.com/ They are hand-struck and look nice. The dies modern. The kinds of...
Two are from shows, one is from a non-eBay auction site. [ATTACH] Sicily, Alontion. circa 241-210 BC. AE19 6.39g Obv: Male (?) head left wearing...
I sometimes struggle with history books. They seem to always be either too short or too long. I often mispronounce everything I have read. I...
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