Do you read French? I do not... https://books.google.com/books?id=kglXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR5
Sasanian kings had proportional noses but the governors that followed them had truely gigantic ones. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] TABARISTAN. Governor Hani...
Here is an unofficial, silver coated, counterfeit issue. [ATTACH] L. MEMMIUS. Denarius (109-108 BC). Rome. Fourree, 18mm (3.20g) Obv: Male head...
Here is an odd one. At first it looks like a common shield/helmet with B-A naming Alexander or some other "A" king from the period. [ATTACH]...
I once received an email telling me I would be receiving the wrong coin and to send it back. I just put the envelope in a larger mailer and sent...
[ATTACH] Arkadia, Tegea 4.71g AE23 hemiobol 50-25 BC Obv Head of Aleos to right, wearing taenia; to left. Rev. On the left, Kepheos, nude but...
[ATTACH] Lycaonia, Iconium, 41-138 AD (time of Claudius-Hadrian), AE 14. 2.24g Obv: Winged gorgoneion, snake ties below chin, within border of...
There is a long piece in this week's LA Weekly by Hillel Aron: The Downfall of an Ancient Coin Dealer Who Defrauded Customers of Millions and Lost...
It's a vase. MYSIA, Lampsacus "Female head right, wearing grain wreath / Female figure standing left, holding cornucopia and extending hand over...
VKurt, what kind of animal does that countermark depict?
This coin has some hard encrustations and a big gash on it. (Even with these flaws it is at least as nice as the RPC plate coin.) [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] Etruria, Populonia (3rd Century BC), Silver 20-Asses. 8.34g. Obverse: facing head of Medusa (the Etruscans called her Metus), XX below...
This extremely rare coin may depict a mysterious medical myth. [ATTACH] MYSIA, Parion 200-44 BC, AE18 4.48g Obv: Helmeted Athena athena head...
Although I have examples that retain more plating I'll submit this as my "best". It has nice style and relief. The placement of the hole in this...
This budget coin depicts an interesting caduceus. There should be a gorgoneion in the center of the caduceus but it is worn away. There is also...
For your birthday you may feast your eyes on a big Egyptian tet of Faustina II with good color (high silver content.) [ATTACH] EGYPT, Faustina...
[ATTACH] Ekbatana mint. SELEUKID EMPIRE. Seleukos I Nikator. 312-281 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 16.82g). In the name of Alexander III of...
[ATTACH] (imitation of) THRACE, Apollonia Pontika. Mid-late 4th century BC. AR Drachm 3.06g Obv: Upright anchor; A and crayfish flanking; all in...
That electrum man-faced bull is lovely! I recently acquired a rare man-faced bull accidentally. I found this piece, unattributed (!), at Don...
Clio got one of the two coins I was serious about. I was the underbidder. (I got the other.)
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