I'm having trouble with the street name, but the addressee seems to be "H. Hyndman Esq.". Is it possible that it's addressed to this person:...
Thanks for the heads-up, I either never saw or else forgot about that post. I agree, very interesting coins. Why did they suddenly make square...
I bought this from Frank Robinson's fixed-price list a while ago and am just getting around to posting it: [ATTACH] China, North and South...
[ATTACH] A few coins of Wang Mang (9-23 AD). He initiated multiple currency reforms (among many other large-scale social engineering programs),...
Very nice! I don't have a countermarked Peroz, but I guess I can get away with reposting my Peroz drachm that I wrote up a few weeks ago: [ATTACH]
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Surface looks cast, and these have been extensively faked. I would not touch it with a 10 foot pole.
Very nice coin, @DBDc80! You're off to a great start on your Parthian collection. Get used to typing that phrase a lot if you stick with...
Thanks @Pishpash, glad you enjoyed the coin! I'd like to give a big thanks to my generous benefactor, unfortunately he only included his "real...
Late Roman Empire bronze coins, c.300-400 AD. They appear genuine but in very low grade. There are some other members here who specialize in...
Very nice, it is Type #1 in Stuart Munro-Hay and Bent Juel-Jensen's "Aksumite Coinage" catalogue. This was issued during the pagan stage of...
So, people are now making counterfeits of counterfeits? Counterfeitception? o_O My brain hurts, I need to go lie down...
It has the appearance of being a modern cast copy or "tourist fake". But if you'd like other opinions (including some real experts), I suggest...
Wow, thanks for the additional info. Somehow I read Gobl, and remembered about the different crowns, but the part about Peroz' name substituting...
How about three heads? :p [ATTACH] Vespasian, with his sons Titus and Domitian.
A Frank Robinson auction win: [ATTACH] Sasanian Empire. AR drachm. Peroz (457-484 AD). Obverse: Bust right in crown. Reverse: Fire-altar with...
Well, that stamp (along with a couple of others of the same design) was on a letter that was mailed to me (in the United States) from an Ebay...
Cool! I have a candareen from a different Ming rebel, the Prince Yongming (also called Prince of Gui), using the reign title Yong Li c.1646-59:...
Another recent Agora Auctions win: [ATTACH] Achaemenid Persian Empire, uncertain satrap, possibly in Ionia. c.350-334 BC. AE 12 (12mm, 1.24g)....
Spain, 5 pesetas, 1891. All hail King Baby! [ATTACH]
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