Great photo JA! Though I now live in Florida, I grew up in a little town called Lewiston, about a 15 minute drive from the Falls. Might have...
Thanks @ancientone! This was fun:)
They were married in the Garden of Hesperides, and honeymooned in Samos. So G = Samos? And that is a cult statue of Hera?
J = Coela, Thrace? BTW, I know next to nothing about provincial coinage, so appreciate the opportunity to learn something.:)
J looks like a rostrum tridens, which I see on the anonymous coins of the Roman Republic and on coins issued by Demetrius I of Macedon. Can't...
Crawford 17/1a 4.71gm - 18mm
I agree...WOW!!!!
Beautiful coins, both with lovely Phoenician inscriptions!
Beautiful coin @panzerman, with an especially lovely reverse!
Happy Birthday Caliph Sallent! You share a birthday with the Louvre, which opened in 1793.
Any coin struck on the Silk Road is a winner in my book!
Both presentations are just beautiful!
Here's a Caligula sestertius where the name of Caligula in the obverse legend was effaced in antiquity, a "damnatio memoriae" of Caligula, after...
Nice lot with good variety of reverses! Well worth the money, I think.
I consider this a Greek Imperial coin, but have chosen to file it in my 12 Caesar collection. Others might file it differently; this just makes...
Here is my only example of a quasi-autonomous coin, from the time of Nero. Like @TIF, I used to file this greek imperial issue with my Greek...
I know very little about medieval history or coins, but have been thinking about collecting them. So I appreciate you sharing your coin and...
Steve, both man-headed bull coins are ultra sweet, but my favorite is that OP bronze from Cales!
Great upgrade! Best feature is the elephant headdress (very cool), but I like the portrait of Nero as well.
Charming coin, good capture!
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