LESBOS, Mytilene. Circa 521-478 BC. EL Hekte – Sixth Stater (11mm, 2.51 g, 11h). Gorgoneion / Incuse head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin...
Impressive cleaning job! Wow!
One day perhaps I will go exclusively man-faced bulls.
I missed that you had that. Great coin!
Should Celtic be considered classical? Personally, I don't think so. I use "classical" for Greek, Roman, and Byzantine. [ATTACH] GAUL,...
If you tire of the one in the middle of the right column, let me know!
Some "non-classical" from my collection: [ATTACH] ELYMAIAN KINGDOM: Kamnaskires-Orodes55 viewsElymaian Kingdom: Kamnaskires-Orodes. Early-mid...
That Theophilus solidus is awesome. I can certainly see myself getting more of these, and one like that would be high on my list.
Almost every auction featuring ancient coins has some gold. CNG always features some. When I first started collecting I never anticipated ever...
He had a pretty long stint. I'm interested to read more about him, especially anything from medieval writers.
I was lucky to win two gold pieces in yesterday's CNG auction. The first is my first Byzantine gold coin, of Constans II: Constans II. 641-668....
His is much nicer than that, IMO.
Wow. I agree, overpriced, unfortunately.
Yikes- how much did he pay?
Great first coin!
Great coin, and the added bonus of being a Woytek plate makes it even nicer.
Wow! Nice one!
Nice OP coin. I'm envious!
I agree.
Looks great! Well done
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