Here's my sole win from Frank S. Robinson's most recent auction: [ATTACH] Indo-Parthians. Abarshahr mint (?). AE drachm. Successors of...
All are from China. Top row, middle is Daoguang (1821-1850), Board of Works mint. Top row, right is Qianlong (1736-1795), Board of Revenue mint....
Very nice! I placed a lowball bid on that coin, glad it went to a fellow CTer.
Another coin from late 2019, and a little outside my usual collecting area: [ATTACH] Cappadocia. AR drachm. Ariobarzanes I (96-63 BC), Year 5....
That's a great Vespasian bronze portrait! Here's my own Vespasian sestertius, with a slightly less substantial but still attractive portrait:...
It's been nearly two days since I last posted a Parthian coin, so enjoy this: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Mithradatkart mint. Mithradates III...
I won one coin (out of three bid on). Had to increase my initial bid on the winning coin (on Frank's advice), but it worked out for me.
Very cool OP coin! I always enjoy seeing coins that fuse 2 seemingly distinct cultures. No culture exists in a vacuum, and often the most...
Hi Svein, To be completely honest, I don't actually remember sending you that coin :facepalm: I know that I have sent free coins to some other...
If you start at 7 o'clock and read clockwise, with a little imagination you can read "IOVI CONSERVATORI AUGG" and in exergue "ALP" (some of the...
Thank you @Alwin for you comments. 1. I admit that the case is uncertain, and while I see similarity between the S.61 and 63 portraits I do...
Re: An easy way to identify ancients: This reminds me of an answer I once heard to the question of how to properly grade (US) coins. "Grading...
1. The spot on the reverse of my OP coin is a small lump of silvery metal (lighter in color than the coin) that is stuck to the surface of the...
Your coin is not of Constantine, but rather of the Roman emperor Gratian (367-383 AD). The inscription on obverse reads DN GRATIANVS PF AVG...
It's time for another excursion into the world of contested Parthian attributions: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Artabanos II (Shore,...
Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. I have a good support network of "real world" friends, family, and co-workers, but it is always good to...
Interesting OP coin, I don't think I've seen that type with king and queen busts together on Indo-Greek coins. Here's my obol of the Bactrian...
Hi everyone, I haven't posted here in a few weeks, due to a flare-up of some medical issues. Just wanted to let everyone know that I'm better...
Here's a few classical-era-set historical novels I enjoyed that haven't been mentioned yet: -Robert Graves' novels on Claudius ("I, Claudius" and...
Very nice! I have the same portrait type of Eukratides I, but on an obol: [ATTACH]
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