My only coin of Rhesaena - it seems Mesopotamian bronzes did not generally have good survival skills, for whatever reasons. Severus Alexander with...
Here's another example of the pseudo-autonomous Rhodes type that ancientone posted, with busts of Helios and Serapis... [ATTACH]
In addition to what others have said, I would point out that CNG is quite good about pointing out bronze disease if a coin is suffering from it,...
Way to get friend-zoned!
I'm sure Ancient Joe or Ides have a few lying around.
Wonderful set Ray!
Good idea. I vote @TIF
...I came across this 4th-3rd century BC kylix (drinking vessel) of Campania, in which the potter used a Syracusan decadrachm to make an...
Of course, there's no information that proves the Tribute Penny is any one type or another - one wishes that Jesus would also have asked, "Now...
I love the coin but I'm trying to figure out what the devil happened in the lower right reverse. What a strange error, like a bouncing double...
If he finds your coins it'll be a catastrophe.
I'd love to read your post David, but you've attached numerous massive images, and I only have a DSL connection in my neck of the woods. I gave up...
@Bing That's a great type, one of my favorite bronzes of all the towns of Aeolis, and yours is perfectly centered with super detail. And I'm sure...
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Poor Hadrian, all tressed up and nowhere to go.
A wonderful coin for all the reasons you stated, and I also like the finely-reticulated surfaces that you sometimes find on ancient silver. I know...
Pishpash is right - this is more of a concern with modern coins. Considering that most ancient bronze coins have a patina, your fingers never...
Since we're on M, I'll play nice and post a coin of Mopsuestia (go to Tarsus and take a right). It was evidently founded by a magician by the name...
Here comes that fat kid again. Everybody's lapped him, but he's still lumbering along, sweating like a stuck pig. E is for Edessa, a city in...
I was trying to see if someone spotted a very rare type in there, but I'm not seeing one.
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