Cool, I had heard of this self-declared country before but didn't know they had issued coins. I do have a postage stamp from there: [ATTACH]
Just thought I'd mention one auction house that hasn't come up yet: Stephen Album Rare Coins. They do about three auctions a year (besides their...
I just can't get enough of those facing Parthians... [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, mint of Seleucia-on-the-Tigris. Vologases IV (147-191 AD). AE...
Looks like a cast tourist copy of a gold 8 escudos ("piece of eight") from the Spanish colonies in the New World. These are often sold in gift...
I already posted a full thread on this coin over in the Ancients section ( https://www.cointalk.com/threads/come-on-baby-light-my-pyre.306781/ )...
Well, I'm back home and enjoying my dinner, so time to try and read some ancient script... I am prepared to ID three of the dates. I still can't...
Very nice coin! Good quality Parthian bronzes are tough to find, and early bronzes (with the portrait of the king wearing a bashlyk) especially so.
Not really an error collector, but I do have this double-struck Parthian drachm of Orodes II (57-38 BC). The first strike was badly off-center...
You can narrow it down to a specific mint city and range of years: there is one character on the reverse side (not very clear on your specimen,...
My gift showed up a couple of days ago, I am doing my best to hold out on opening it but I make no promises :nailbiting:
All four are Khusro II (unsurprisingly, his drachms are by far the most common Sasanian coins). Here's my reading of the mint marks: 1. BBA=...
I could tell you now, but it's night, so I will wait until the Rising Sun. Maybe I will root for the Buffaloes against the Tigers.
I agree with @Severus Alexander, the coin looks good to me. There is some slight roughness on the surface, but it doesn't look like casting...
[ATTACH] Constantius II, bought unidentified (with several other LRB) at $3/coin, c. 1993.
I won this coin in Frank Robinson's latest auction: [ATTACH] Roman Empire, Antoninus Pius, posthumous, under Marcus Aurelius (c. 161 AD). AR...
Thanks for the comments everyone, I enjoy hearing all your different perspectives. Yes, please feel free to start referring to the renumbered...
Here's Septimius Severus celebrating his victory over those dastardly Parthians: [ATTACH]
It's that time again for year-end Top 10 lists, so here are my top 10 favorite coins that I acquired this year. I had a good year collecting, and...
Cool! Here's my example: [ATTACH]
Ah, thanks for the language lesson @Severus Alexander, I did not know that. Related: I've also heard the term "jumble sale", is this also a flea...
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