@Severus Alexander : Thanks, I think you nailed the ID on this one! @John Anthony: No worries, it's still a cool coin and I plan to keep it. The...
I recently bought the following Iberian bronze coin: [ATTACH] Size: 27mm, 14.7 g. The design is typical of Iberian coins from the late 2nd-...
Hope you are staying safe. I can add a wind god, Oado (also called Vata and many variants), a Hindu wind god who's shown on some Kushan coins....
Virginia halfpenny, 1773: [ATTACH]
It's a modern copy of a coin of Shun Zhi (1644-1661, Board of Revenue mint. Note the weird pebbly surface of the obverse- that is found on many...
OP coin looks authentic as far as I can tell. Not sure of the mint or date range on this, as these facts were not explicitly spelled out yet....
She was quite fertile... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Assuming they're both the same price, I'd go with coin #1. The sharpness of the strike makes up for the slightly irregular flan.
Coming soon to a theater near you... "Numismatists from Outer Space"! Thrill to the out-of-this-world adventures of our hero, Dr. Edward Denarius...
Yes, the Achaemenids are important for Jewish history and the history of religious freedom. Cyrus the Great ended the Babylonian Exile of the...
I've used this photo before, but it's relevant to the discussion, so here it is: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Seleukia-on-the-Tigris mint. Artabanos...
I feel that my title of "Most click-bait titles" in the Ancients forum is threatened... at least until you see the next coin that I post!...
Yes, they are made of lead. These are listed in Michael Mitchiner's "Oriental Coins and Their Values, Volume II: Non-Islamic States and Western...
All right, maybe if I highlight the double strike? This coin was struck twice by the dies, on both obverse and reverse, but the obverse is the...
Wait, is this thread going to turn into a group hug? I'm okay with that, just don't squeeze too hard because I had sushi for lunch and I don't...
Overall soft and mushy features (typical of a cast counterfeit) rather than normal wear, something verrrrry odd going on at the rim between 6-7...
A quadrans of Claudius (41-54 AD): [ATTACH]
The Japanese inscription says "pegasasu". Since the other side shows a Pegasus, I expect it is some sort of gaming token for a Japanese arcade or...
Doubling? You mean like this? [ATTACH]
I joined Coin Talk about a year ago and have mentioned parts of my backstory, but I guess now's a good time for some more details. I graduated...
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