On June 10th or 11th, 323 BC, Alexander died of a mysterious illness in the palace of Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon....
We saw another ROCK concert last night. Melissa Etheridge gave a solo performance & our seats were front row (my seat was actually #A-1 :))....
So many different colors for gold. o_O I like the Jayasimha II Pagoda coin due to the tiny elephant counter mark & the golden color. Here is...
Here is my beautiful budget tet: [ATTACH] SELEUKID KINGDOM Antiochos VII Euergetes (Sidetes) AR Tetradrachm 138-129 BC 16.21 grams, 28 - 30 mm....
This 45 mm coin is yummy. :)
[ATTACH] Islamic issue of the 'Abbasid governors of Tabaristan An Arab-Sassanian Imitation of Shah Khusro II AR Half Drachm ca. 781 AD 1.93...
Horn variety * A coin of Elagabalus has been on my want list ever since TIF’s most fantabulous Featured Thread. :):) This NEWP has privately...
I stopped maintaining my coin database (in Excel) when my collecting interests evolved to coins of the World and ancient material. I basically...
I wonder what folks were doing with imitative Roman coins at the bottom of a gem mine so many years ago.
Perhaps it’s time to start a thread for everyone to post their Gods and Goddesses alphabetically. Have we done that before? I wonder who at CT...
Did you all know that Gretzky also collected coins? :) http://coins.thefuntimesguide.com/2010/05/coin_collectors.php He had some awesome US...
[ATTACH] So the item above Pan’s shoulder is called a “lagobolon” or “pedum”. I don’t know about you folks but I had no idea what a lagobolon or...
[ATTACH] Pan was the God of shepherds and flocks. Pan had horns, beard, puck nose, tail, goat’s feet, was covered with hair and dwelt in grottos....
Firstly, the Panorama: [ATTACH] Kings of Macedon Antigonus II Gonatas AR Tetradrachm B.C. 277-239 (struck 271/0) 17.00 gms, 30.8 - 31.4 mm Obv:...
Are the obverse letters called "base-out" or something like that? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] :) Have a nice day :)
Wow. ANoob saw The Doobie Brothers in concert & he captured a couple guitar picks for my collection! Awesome grilled cheese! Coin collectors...
Very nice coin Collecting Nut. I like it muchly.:) I got this one from Lost Dutchman (dealer & member at CT). I need to take better photographs...
The coin cabinet shown on the website supposedly houses their collection but it is not available to the general public walking in off the street...
Perhaps it spells MO in retrograde letters (as in the cow goes moo). :D
Hello Aidan, When I recently saw this coin at the Bode museum in Berlin, I was reminded of your CT thread. :) Unfortunately, I could only view one...
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