According to ISEGRIM, the countermarks associated with this type are "Eagle r" and "Kerykeion". Yours might be "Eagle r". I have not found a...
I have greatly slowed down my book buying. My within-reach bookcase holds 12' of books. It is now full, so every book acquisition also means an...
I also find the geometric designs on Central Asian Islamic coins interesting, but find them difficult to collect. My last coin of 2016 is also...
It might really be the third eye! It is common on Athenian owls. For example...
[ATTACH] This tiny (8mm, 0.73g) fraction. Third or fourth known specimen. The clear inscription allowed me to attribute it it to Mallos in...
This kind of documentation will be very important in the future. I did not receive coins from Israel and don't know what export permission you...
[ATTACH] Lycaonia, Iconium. Tyche/Perseus carrying head of Medusa. 3rd known specimen. Looks worse in hand.
[ATTACH] You have a nice coin! I saw it pop up for sale but you snapped it up very quickly. Here is my earliest Bukara coin, an obol of Hyrcodes.
Central Asian Euthydemos imitation, like the ones here: http://www.sogdcoins.narod.ru/english/sogdiana/w_coins.html
I am pretty sure the Elsen coin is the same specimen as John's coin, sold via eBay.uk August 28th 2016 [...
There is one more thing to do. The type of fish needs to be determined. I am not a fish guy but those fins look distinctive. It looks like a...
The BMC coin "has" the inscription A[RLTHI], which means it has the inscription A and someone guessed the rest might be RLTHI. If you look at the...
You are right John! I gave up too quickly. There is another example of this coin in the British Museum....
I cannot read Lycian or Punic. The alphabet reminds me of this coin depicting a fish from Gades. That coin's obverse shows Herakles/Melkart...
[ATTACH] I guess we must all upload our Gōpatshāh examples. Here is mine. This is the seller's picture. When it arrived I ran a toothbrush...
The NGC tag will be important in the future. NGC has photographed the coin, and with the tag you get the photograph...
[ATTACH] Here we have a Lincoln cent and three small coins. The largest is a Bactrian obol, with clear BAΣIΛEΩΣ EYKPΑTIΔOY (King Eukratides)...
I would like to know how the dies were cut! Holding the coin is merely difficult, cutting the dies must have been impossible. The artistic...
[ATTACH] Wow, you guys have such beautiful coins! Here is an ugly one. I bought it as an unidentified because I wanted a challenge. The seller...
[ATTACH] I picked up five coins from the bargain bin fixed price list, including this Roman Republican denarius. (Fourree in imitation of) L....
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