Just to follow up on this: There are two copies of David Sellwood's "An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia (Second Edition)" and one copy of...
[ATTACH] This is a silver drachm from Persia during the Sasanian Empire (224-651 AD). It was struck by Khusro II (591- 628 AD) and has a...
What do I think about "Eastern" ancient coins? Here's what I think: [ATTACH] All of these are from my personal collection, and the most expensive...
I have a coin showing Hercules slaying the Nemean Lion, but it is a modern (1926) coin from Albania: [ATTACH]
Thanks for the comments, everyone. Glad to hear that everyone else likes my Arados stater. I'm sure it will make my year-end Top 10 list. Food...
Cool OP coin @Makanudo. As others have already pointed out, the reverse actually shows a tiny camel next to Arabia, who is holding a giant...
I had an inauspicious start to my show day. I had some last-minute dental work (filling a cavity) at 9 AM, so when I arrived at the show at 11 AM...
Very nice coin @DBDc80 , and as @Bob L. pointed out, from a scarce mint to boot. Glad to see the Parthian love is spreading.
I recently decided to take a chance and bid on a group lot in a CNG auction. Here's the photo and description from the sale (CNG Auction 408, lot...
I won this coin a few weeks ago in the $15 "bargain bin" section of a John Anthony auction: [ATTACH] Indo-Greek Kingdom. Philoxenos (c. 100-95...
I have a Nerva denarius but haven't photographed it; but here are the other four. Trajan: [ATTACH] Hadrian: [ATTACH] Antoninus Pius: [ATTACH]...
One of several LRBs I picked from a $3.00 junk box, but the first one I was able to identify, purchased in 1992/3: [ATTACH]
@DBDc80 : Nice OP coin, it is from the Ecbatana mint (modern Hamadan, Iran). @chrsmat71 : Another nice drachm, but your coin is of Orodes I (c....
Well, G and C were pretty interchangeable in early Latin- see Gaius/Caius etc.- so maybe it's just a pronunciation variant. Or maybe the celator...
Looks like @Bob L. was slightly faster typing than I was. The fake he shows looks like a match for yours, which is as definitive as you could...
Modern copy. The high relief is okay (ancient Greeks were not afraid of coins that couldn't stack), but at you correctly note, it's too perfectly...
I don't know if mintage figures have survived from the Song dynasty, but Hartill does quote some figures from the Qian Long reign (1736-95)....
At the Walters Art Museum here in Baltimore, there is a permanent exhibit called the Chamber of Wonders that recreates the sort of collection that...
[ATTACH] Crusader States, Principality of Antioch. Bohemund III (1163-1201 AD). Billon denier (19mm, 1.0g). Obverse: Bust left, wearing chain...
Most of my empresses are on the stern side, but I have always found this Lucilla beautiful: [ATTACH]
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