I just wanted to share this new acquisition. I don't normally go for potin tetradrachms, but lately I've been acquiring a few and the imagery...
I love high relief coins! I really like the portrait on this Menander I drachm: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
There are some truly beautiful coins in this thread. A lot of the Republican coins are a bit blocky in their iconography, but still capture...
Here's a rough but neat one I got recently. I didn't realize it had the features making it a more uncommon variant until I had it in hand....
Just a quick update for those who might be interested... I think the provenance is mostly sorted out at this point, and I am now cataloguing them....
I have a handful of Kushans, but none really worth posting other than this one, which is by far my favorite. Even though it is worn and has a...
Fantastic video! I showed it to one of my archaeology professors and he showed it in class today.
I think the claim that it might have belonged to Caligula is quite sensationalist, but one way to test the age non-destructively would be to...
Can anyone ID what these are? Not really my area, but they’re interesting. I’ve seen reverse types similar to the one on the left described as a...
That's a striking overstrike ;) Quite a beauty. Mine doesn't stand out quite as much, but I have a sextans overstruck on a Syracuse coin of Hiero...
Guess that explains why it says Maria :dead:
I picked this up for less than $5, thinking it'd be a nice project to try and identify it. Unfortunately, after several hours of searching I've...
For what it's worth, the monogram does look Late Roman or Byzantine. Not sure about bottles, though.
There’s quite a bit of colonial/provincial coinage in Spain throughout the first century, though, which will have Latin legends. It’s still...
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I like the look of that one better, and I've seen corroded Hadrian tetradrachms that look like they have no silver content which were nevertheless...
The silver content on these seems pretty variable. Maybe it leeched out easily, or their quality control was just bad, so can't really go by then....
Hah, need to not keep two tabs open at the same time, confused myself...
Here’s my less nice example of the same coin @TIF @zumbly posted. [ATTACH] And also a second century relief in the British Museum that hews...
Both of the Hadrians look a little off to me, unfortunately. Compare the first one especially to some cast fakes on FORVM. Still kind of...
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