That's a very nice group @TypeCoin971793 , I didn't mind the Chinese focus at all. If I had to choose, I'd probably pick the fused group of Wang...
Yes, you're probably right. Can you tell I'm a lifelong city-slicker and have never actually seen grain growing in a field?
Guess we've got room for some nice wheat, courtesy of this AE prutah of Agrippa I: [ATTACH]
Very interesting! I was not familiar with this variety, so no idea why it was done. There are some Sasanian issues with the head of Ahura-Mazda...
I sometimes dream about finding coins on the ground. In real life, I will pick up any coin I spot on the ground, but in my dreams, there are...
This coin was #7 in my Best of 2020 list, but I hadn't done a separate write-up of it until now. [ATTACH] Persis. AR hemidrachm (2.10 g, 13 mm)....
It all depends on the situation. So, suppose you took your week's pay of a shiny $5 gold piece, and on the way home decided to stop at a saloon...
If you like the coin, you should buy it, regardless of what anyone else says. Personally, I don't find that cut distracting and would have no...
Wow, every one of these is spectacular in artistic appeal. But I think I will pick #7 as my favorite, as the expression on this coin is what I...
As others have already noted, Tyrian shekels seems the most likely possibility, but there's no way to be sure. The original text is vague, and...
An excellent selection @Alwin . Lots of wonderful Parthians (of which my favorite is probably the Mithradates I bronze), but my favorite coin...
Oh, and just to clarify, that reverse on the Arab-Sasanian coin is a creature from Persian mythology called a Gopadshah, which has the body of a...
Well, I finally received the Gyselen book. I should clarify that I have the First Edition (published in 2000). There is a Second Edition, which...
A very nice list @Quant.Geek . My favorite is probably the Arab-Sasanian coin (imagine that), I still don't have that obverse type in my...
A very nice coin. Here's my post from a couple of years ago, with my example of this type and giving some background:...
A very nice group @zumbly , my favorites are probably #6,5, 2, and 1 (hard to choose among those four). On #9, the countermark looks like he has...
I still have a couple of outstanding bids in Frank Robinson's next auction, but it looks like I'm mostly finished with my coin purchases for 2020,...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Ekbatana mint. AR drachm. Artabanos VI (called Artabanos IV in older references) (c.212-224 AD). HIs bust right,...
Agree that it looks like a cast copy, but just to clarify about the original coin: it's not DIVI AVGVSTVS, it's DIVI F AVGVSTVS. The F stands...
Very nice group, my favorite is the wedding thaler (#3).
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