Well, an extreme rarity, if genuine. I don't see anything that immediately screams "fake" to me, but such an expensive rarity would normally be...
Looks like an imitation of Sellwood type 19 or 20 (reverse legend is too blundered to guess which type was meant) of Artabanos I (old attribution)...
I had fun as a volunteer in 2019, and I'd be happy to do it again, if you still need participants.
I've always been fond of this "Constantine I" (or as the coin calls him, VVVVBVVVVDNVVBTTVVBB: [ATTACH]
Neat! I have one of the 5 lire coins issued pursuant to this decree: [ATTACH]
I've always thought the design used on Italy's 100 lire coins for most of the second half of the 20th century was excellent. It doesn't exactly...
I have one of the same type, an obol of Eukratides I: [ATTACH]
Nice pick-up @Mat . Tetradrachms of Vologases VI tend to be especially low-silver billon, it's not hard to guess that the Arsakid dynasty was...
Indeed, a very cool type, I still have no ancient Persian gold of any period (though I think that's understandable for the Parthian era ;)). But...
I have a Virginia Halfpenny of 1773, but since these were minted in London it doesn't count by your definition. I do have two coins minted under...
Yes, the merchant/banker/whatever countermarks definitely add to the appeal of these pieces: [ATTACH] The one at the top looks like a nice Philly...
Weird... looks like one of the "Soter Megas" types of Vima Takto, but with both obverse and reverse designs present on one side. Here's what the...
No. Absolutely no. It would be an affront to the (small-r) republican values on which the US was founded.
Here's a Khusro I from my collection, Darabgard mint, year 30: [ATTACH]
An interesting little group of notes. Was the grandmother from Czechoslovakia? Your last note (10 kroon) is from Estonia.
Here's my Alexandrian diobol of Claudius, featuring a hippopotamus on the reverse: [ATTACH] And an Alexandrian tetradrachm: [ATTACH]
Well, of course Steve Album's auctions aren't as popular as Heritage or Stack's. Most of the coins Steve Album features aren't Greek or Roman,...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Phriapatios I (c.185-170 BC). AE chalkos (3.54 g, 14 mm). Obverse: bust left in bashlyk. Reverse: Horse walking...
Nice! I've won 4 coins in the auction (3 Parthian and 1 Arab-Sasanian), hopefully I can get some good books in the literature portion tomorrow.
I have just one siliqua, of Arcadius: [ATTACH]
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