Thank you for your opinion on the coin box , English, I agree with a desk ornament made to imitate a pile of coins . Tried to put in pencils,...
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Good point about the lid coming open to easy. It was'nt put together untidily , it came out of the ground somewhere in France , after been buried...
Nothing to do with inflation, Common practice in the 19th Century, but mostly done to make pill boxes, heres a box made out of 10 1840 silver...
I think this a pistol powderflask from a French officer , lost in battle during the French german war of 1870 , spout & dispenser on top missing ,...
This one was struck in Babylon, the town where Alexander decided to stay the rest of his life, hmm that was a short stay, Kassander (son of...
My favourite Quadrans, horse on deck (5 gram) Cr.195/4 [IMG]
What puzzles me, is the weight and date of the Janus As in the OP. Shouldn't an As of 200-190 BC weigh approx 40 gram instead of 6 gram (adding...
Great thread with very nice coins ! Not from Syracuse , but from another part of Sicily , town of Entella. [IMG]
Hi Roman, that XF 45 1811 deserves a star imho for eye appeal , and it seems napkins are a great safekeep for these 8R coins.
Congrats @zumbly , awsome Taras flipper coin, blue toning is very appropriate on this coin. Bought mine for the owl , a later coin with the weight...
Thats a great web page Bill , thanks for sharing. British Petroleum (BP) issued alu tokens in 1969 of ancient coins , no prizes to win, just for...
@stevex6 I didn't buy this coin in the first place from this Aussie seller, but a listed Lysimachos Tetra Drachm , after a month I got this...
Thanks TIF , will file a complaint with eBay and send the fake coin back to the seller.
[IMG] [IMG] I assume this silver Drachma was minted in Pella , based on the golden staters from Lysimachos with the same monogram and...
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2x Happy times are here again (FEL TEMP REPERATIO)aka the fallen horseman [IMG] [IMG]
Thanks Bing for the info and the picture of your serrated denarius. made me buy this coin last week. [IMG]
Pill box made of 1840 rupees [IMG] [IMG]
Aes grave = heavy as compared to my imperial as coins, this one is 4 times heavier , so for me its an as grave :) but your probably right, perhaps...
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