It's a late Roman Empire bronze coin of either Constantine the Great (307-337) or one of his three sons (who were confusingly named Constantine,...
As I mentioned, three of the coins are too new for me to have done full write-ups, but I have previously posted full write=ups for the other seven...
Very interesting, thanks for the info. Reminder to self: Gods can do more than one thing.
Very nice coins! But they raise a question (at least in my mind). The Indo-Scythians, as I understand it, lived pretty far away from the ocean...
The first one is a copy of a silver dirham from the Umayyad Caliphate (661-750 AD). I could probably figure out the date and mintmark with a...
Hi Doug, the coin is a 1/3 drachm (1.30 g). No way to tell if it was intentionally 1/3, or if someone tried to make 1/2 and didn't cut very...
Since everyone else is doing their year-end Top 10 retrospectives, I guess it's time for mine. The year started out slowly for me, mainly due to...
Very nice coins @furryfrog02! The Carthage coin is exactly the sort I would love- plenty of wear, but still attractive and soaked in history. I...
Another coin from my backlog, and one that will definitely show up on my year-end list soon: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Susa mint. Billon...
Great write-up @Curtisimo. I have one of these coins of Bohemund III, and I love the detailed depiction of medieval Crusader armor: [ATTACH]
Well, when I saw saw the obverse of your coin, my brain immediately shot out "Julia Domna", so you can take my gut reaction for whatever you think...
Please enter me. If I win, I promise to post full write-ups (including historical details) on both coins.
Here's my ID of the coins in your second photo, corrections are welcome. Top left: Tourist copy of a Spanish colonial gold coin Top right: China,...
Thanks for the show recap! Third coin is from Tabaristan under the Abbasid governors. Fourth coin is a Byzantine follis. As for the emperor?...
Before I can start posting my Baltimore show acquisitions, I have to get through a small backlog of previous purchases. (Because that's how my...
Yes, that's what I was referring to when I called it an "unusual mint". As you allude to, ZwZwN may actually be meant as a denomination. But I...
Nice, but... a little too Hellenistic for my tastes ;). How about this AR stater of Arados from the time of King Gerashtart (or Gerostrates, if...
I spent much of today at the Baltimore Whitman Coin Expo, arriving around 10:45 AM and leaving about 4:15 PM, with only a short break for lunch...
I'll be there on Friday, checking out the ancients dealers (and probably the modern world dealers too).
Thanks to @Curtisimo for organizing the contest, I had fun participating. A fair number of you were able to guess my coin, but I was able to fool...
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