robinjojo, Your Athena has an unusually attractive smile :happy:! It's nice to see an Owl that most likely didn't come from the massive hoard that...
Wow :jawdrop:! That was a great haul Curtis :cool:. Kenneth Bressett is a numismatist icon who has done so much to popularize the hobby. I'm sure...
This thread sounds like an April Fools joke :smuggrin:! [ATTACH]
I think Alexander the Great was the epitome of over-achievement in ancient history. Considering what he achieved in a short period of time & his...
The image of a double strike is from two striking's with a shift in the planchet, these coins are both struck from the same dies.
Several years ago I acquired an interesting bronze coin of Gordian III from Antioch - Pisidia, pictured below. [ATTACH] Antioch-Pisidia. Gordian...
The coin type pictured below is by no means rare, but they are popular & bring high prices at auction. I bought this coin at auction about 25...
Yesterday while browsing through an email from Forum Coins I stumbled on this slabbed Athenian drachm attributed to Gaza o_O. I wonder how this...
But are there any depictions of Marnas on coins, in the first place? You'll have to take that subject up with Dr. Taco Terpstra, he's more learned...
Dr. Taco Terpstra, associate professor of classics & history at Columbia University, tells us "The literary texts represent Marnas as a sky god...
robinjojo, You would be very lucky to score an Owl tet from Gaza or one of the Owl fractions :smuggrin:, they are beyond the means of most...
Mat, Another example of the famous "heifer tet" was auctioned by CNG several months ago at Triton XXV, & struck from the same dies as the other...
Roman era tetradrachms from the Gaza mint were struck by only two emperors, Caracalla & Macrinus; they are rare, popular, and usually bring high...
Sulla, This is a very interesting article :happy:. I've bid on a number of choice Tigranes II tets., but always came up short :(. Despite being...
John, Congrats on scoring this very rare solidus of Anthemius :happy:! Coming from a documented hoard gives it greater importance ;). Anthemius...
David, Nice score on this victory issue :happy:. Despite the heavy wear, the main design elements are clear & the coin has a uniform attractive...
The CNG solidus looks good to me, for what that is worth :rolleyes:. This is a very common coin & I'm sure there are hundreds of these coins...
Orelensis, Nice score :happy:! Helena has that "eyes to Heaven" gaze so often seen on the coinage of Constantine ;). Pictured below is the last...
[ATTACH] Caracalla, Rome Mint, AD 200. AR Denarius. Reverse: BONVS EVENTVS at altar. Ex Al Kowsky Collection.
I won this handsome plate coin from a CNG auction :happy:. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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