Here my very late post for this thread, a tetradrachm of Thrace, with Dionysus on the obverse. I have found this depiction of the God of wine,...
This is a great theme for a thread. Here's my contribution, an oktadrachm from Thrace, Abedera, period II, 520-492 BC. Spencer-Churchill 96...
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If only I could, at the time. But finances were very tight and if I remember correctly, the Mustang was a pretty good buy, but it needed some...
Ten days in law school did it for me. That was 1975. I just wasn't cut out for the "paper chase". So, I dropped out, bought a 1965 Mustang and...
This my only ancient depicting an elephant, on the reverse. Athens, tetradrachm, Antiochus, 163-162 BC. Thompson 396d ex Harlan Berk, early 90's...
And a classic, as well.
Although this coin has been posted previously, here it is as the representative from the Artuqids of Mardin, an AE dirham, AH 596 (1199-1200 AD)....
That's a beautiful book and a good starting reference for this fascinating series. Here's my first reference, purchased during a visit to LA in...
Thank you. The phases that the design of the Athenian tetradrachms of the 5th century BC are still a work in progress. What is meant by a...
This is one owl that I posted before. I need to take some pics of others in the queue. What's unusual about this mass production owl is the...
That's a superb example!
Here's another candidate. I am photographing my collection on a less-than-systematic basis, so logically this coin came up next. What can be...
Nice owl! This coin looks like a transitional type, with a very unusual, wide A on the reverse. The hairline also has a slight wave, reminiscent...
Thank you. I am still trying to figure out which Seltman group to assign this coin. I think it is C or E, but not really sure.
Thank you so much! You have solved a near 30 year riddle for me.
I have quite a few owls, but only a few archaic examples. This part of the Athenian series of tetradrachms is a rabbit hole full of coins widely...
So the coins are legit, or at least the needle seems to have swung in that direction. The next time I'm in Europe I'll make every effort to...
I don't know. From what I see, the coins seem almost uniform in their strikes, centering, surfaces, etc. They seem, from what I can see, too...
Thank you, Nathan for your article on this little known, for me, part of the ancient world. I am afraid that my knowledge of Bactria and the...
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