Well, I don't own any cuneiform inscriptions, but if you come to Baltimore you can see these on display at the Walters Art Museum: [ATTACH]...
@pfitzner: I think you are right about the mintmark, it does look more like AW than ShY. The auction description at CNG also lists it as ShY, so...
A recent CNG auction win: [ATTACH] Sasanian Empire. AR drachm (29mm, 3.68g). Zamasp (497-499 AD). Obverse: Crowned bust of king right, smaller...
Modern replica of an ancient coin from Athens.
While I wait for my wins from Frank Robinson's latest auction, thought I'd share a recent pickup from John Anthony: [ATTACH] Kushan Empire. AE...
I stuck to my usual strategy of offering my maximum bid early on, and it worked out pretty well. I won 3 of 4 coins bid on (2 Parthians and a...
Cool, that could almost pass for an official coin. Here's my Constantine imitative- the blundered legend and crude style make its unofficial...
The 1780 coin is a Maria Theresa thaler, originally struck in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. These have been copied (usually in good silver) in...
You have a copy of an ancient coin of Gela in Sicily. Notice on the reverse, under the horse, it even says "copy". Hope the other coins you...
Portrait reminds me of Hadrian, and the reverse seems to be Year 3, but our Alexandrian specialists should be along shortly...
Both look like they're based on late Kushan designs, with the king standing on obverse and Siva with bull on reverse. These were issued in many...
I'm not 100% sure but I think that Filastin is the same as Iliya Filastin, which would leave us with two unaccounted for, if someone (i.e. not me)...
Looking in my old copy of Album, I find listings for Halab (Aleppo), Dimashq (Damascus), Hims (Emisa), Tanukh, Sarmin, Ma'arat Masrin, Amman,...
I have a fondness for Vespasian- he seems the most approachable of the Twelve Caesars. He's the emperor I would most want to have a beer with. A...
High fives all around! [ATTACH]
The Italian coin is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy. One of my favorite Italian coins of the early 20th century:...
@StephKauai: Bottom coin is an Indo-Scythian drachm, not sure which king but I can make out the control marks of the Taxila mint. The other two...
I have several coins of Trajan, but will limit myself to what is probably my favorite, the Rex Parthis Datus sestertius which commemorates...
There are a few Parthian bronzes with Greek deities on the reverse, mainly because there was a significant Hellenized population in many of the...
I think your coin is from late in the Kidarite kingdom of Central Asia (roughly Afghanistan/Uzbekistan-ish area) around 5th-6th century AD. For...
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