I've always had a soft spot for the small coins - the artwork just seems more impressive at that scale. Some of my favorite tiny coins Cilicia,...
Tips from an IT guy - most search engines take booleans. Just tried it out on acsearch and this string narrows it down to coins under emperor...
Had a little time for a side by side of a die match with Maheshwari 290 [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This series is interesting to ponder on because almost...
Depends. Are we talking about a ratty Gordian II versus a minty fresh Gordian III? Gordian II is a key coin to any Roman collection seeking all...
[ATTACH] That's a super coin! For the time being, I only have one Alexander bronze; a type I am quite fond of because I like to imagine that...
I'll need to find it, but I read on a blog of a collector in India that Gadhaiya coins are such a common sight in rural marketplaces that many...
Got this one in a fun mixed lot from CNG. Thought it might be a weight, but I haven't been able to find much. PB Tessera or weight About 40mm,...
Nice one! I agree, quite a lovely portrait. Did you bid on that Secular Games as of his? I put in probably the highest bid I've ever bid on a...
I'm the proud owner of a few die-matched Indo Sassanians. Curiously, even among very rare types, die matches are uncommon if not nonexistent,...
I put in some bids at Leu, but was too busy to be online when the lots were closing. Didn't win a single lot; lost some by hundreds, others by a nose.
Japan was one of the few "dollar" economies to make a 1/1,000th unit a viable reality, although all coins below 1 yen were demonetized in 1953:...
Not the largest, but the Greco-Bactrian king Amyntas minted a whopping dodekadrachm in silver; 62-67mm and around 85g...
I'm glad you enjoyed it, and surprised you made it through! That particular type at least is one of the more common, so it shouldn't be long...
Funnily enough, my favorite two RR denarii have aqueducts on them Mn Aemilius Lepidus [ATTACH] L Marcius Philippus [ATTACH]
1.1.9.3 - Closing Series III - Chavada Portrait This final type is primarily responsible for why this thread has taken me nearly a year to...
Coin 3 21mm 3.61g [ATTACH] Another that initially appears to be more of the same old thing, but there are still important differences. Again the...
Coin 2 21mm 3.94g [ATTACH] This coin is very nearly identical to Coin 1, but we can see quite a bit more this time around. The eye here shows as...
1.1.9.2 - Closing Series II - Proto-Chavada type face, atypical attendants This series is interesting in that nearly every specimen I have seen...
1.1.9.1 Coin 2 20mm 3.99g [ATTACH] This coin is quite different from the first, and is placed here only by virtue of its reverse. Perhaps the...
1.1.9 - Closing Series This series is admittedly yet another junk bucket for coins at the end of series 1.1 that all share one very important...
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