It's opaque and shining at the same time. I wonder what I can do with this stone?
Is lapis lazuli extracted from azurite ?
This raw stone is likely to be semi- precious. It weighs a little bit over one kilogram and is close to navy- blue color. I manage to photograph...
It looks just thin fine lettering to me.
Sorry. Here are the scans..[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Resembling the standing Caliph of Quant. Geek, this Arab Byzantine coin could be struck in Damascus as seen to left of reverse. But I'm not sure...
This Arab-Byzantine coin from Emesa ( Homs) has the letter Epsilon in retrograde.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I long to see a cat on a Roman coin. BTW.. Were the Romans familiar with cats ? Did they prefer Pussy to Mighty Mouse, for instance.
You're kidding. I mean Geld..
@ RS. Gorgeous mice that tempt you to forget about coins. I don't like this ?!
The Dynasty of the Samanids ruled in eastern Persia and Transoxiana also known as Transoxania in central Asia. It included the ancient cities of...
Nice find. Gallia is strange to me, but not Diana.
Congrats. A little bit of adequate cleaning, and it's a real lucky lot.
I think the new collector is likely to refer to the Eric scale of rarity, in that meaning or reference.
Hi. I didn't intend to post this coin, but it seems it could fit this thread. I bought it yesterday for 12 dollars. It's a billon tetradrachn of...
I managed to scan a part of the edge, at 600 dpi. Hope it could help.[ATTACH]
Good luck for me anyway.. Philip II, father of Alexander the Great, is the oldest coin in my possession.
Thank you both masters and friends. The coin has a yellowish color, almost like brass. Here's a closer scan of the reverse at 600 dpi.[ATTACH]
I purchased this coin because of the horseman on the reverse. The obverse could well be Alexander. It weighs 8.63 g. Hope you could assist me in...
My elephant comes with Ladocea on the obverse. Hoover 685. Antiochus IV[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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