The last coin shown by TIF, found in a local jewelry, has Perseus carrying the head of Medusa with his left hand. The same reverse also shows the...
Here are 2 coins I purchased after I had read the thread about the Blue Coins Find. I didn't clean them yet and even don't know what they...
Here's a better one in condition, lettering and patina. Amisos- Pontus Obverse : Head of young Ares right Reverse : Sword in Sheath, Monogram,...
Thanks Steve for this remark. At least I now know that there's a region named Paphlagonia. Here's a new coin probably from Sinope. The obverse is...
My latest modest research showed that the coin I posted above is a Half Siglos, an ancient Greek denomination.
Sorry.. that's the seventh century B.C.
I would say from the seventy century B.C. till the fall of the Byzantine Empire in the mid fifteenth century.
It seems that this coin pertains to magistrate Arista Kefis since I can read APAM and ARIST to right and left of Marsyas. Thus it would be...
I felt that J 2007 was absolutely talking on my behalf. He was utterly revealing my thoughts .
Personally and modestly I don't like to buy lots because the sellers often ask for immediate cash. It's like gambling in a way. I rather prefer to...
I admired the original oval shape of this ancient Greek coin representing charming Tyche. The reverse shows an ancient Greek god or goddess that I...
Cheers.. LOL
Struck in Ladocea, this coin of Elagabalus has Thyche in a distyle temple on the reverse. BMC # 101[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
We have also to agree that there are many theories in every science, especially in History. BTW.. Physics, Chemistry and biology among others are...
Any attribution that would lead me to look for this coin on Wildwinds. Thanks again..
Before cleaning this ancient Greek coin, I decided to post it after noticing the letter Sigma on reverse to the right of a standing lady wearing a...
Within this temple by Maxentius, I wonder whether Roma is holding Nike over a globe?[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I can't read the Greek lettering and monogram. Was this coin struck in Athens or Thebes? Is it bronze or silver ? What date and reign? Don't...
That's the first time I encounter such a gadget or tool on an ancient coin. It looks like a screw or some form of a mushroom. I'm so curious to...
You're right TIF. That's BMC 58 - Babelon 52 var. But I noticed that they mention river-god Skyrte instead of Orontes. Could this difference have...
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