"I'm Mister Crowbar. And this is my friend, who is also a crowbar." [ATTACH] I did once voluntarily buy a slabbed ancient, a scarce early...
It appears all your coins are from the German state of Wurttemberg- the middle one reads "WURTTEM" (starting at about 2 o'clock) and the shield...
I've been on a bit of a buying spree recently, and here's another cool new pickup: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Ekbatana mint. ?Meherdates (49-50...
I recently won my first siliqua from John Anthony's auction: [ATTACH] Roman Empire, Treveri mint. AR siliqua (18mm, 1.6g). Arcadius (383-408)....
Cool! My earliest round Chinese coin is a Hartill 6.3 that I bought many years ago from Frank Robinson: [ATTACH]
Nice OP coin @Sallent, it fits in with my belief that well-worn coins can still be attractive. I've shared it before, but here's a denarius...
Modern copy, looks cast.
Here's my latest acquisition from Ancient Imports: [ATTACH] Roman Empire, Rome mint. AE dupondius (26mm, 9.47g). Antonia, struck under Claudius...
Well, I've got a few coins of Trajan: [ATTACH] And here's a denarius of Hadrian from the first year of his reign: [ATTACH]
Looks like you've found the most widely available coin of Genghis (or Chinghiz, to use the currently preferred transliteration), a billon jital of...
Personally, I would keep the first one. But ultimately you have to decide for yourself which coin will make you happier with your collection.
I bought this coin some months ago for $6 unattributed. It is an AE18, and I quickly realized it was a typical Ptolemaic bronze with Zeus on...
And to keep it numismatic, here's proud father Vespasian with his sons Titus and Domitian: [ATTACH]
So sorry for your loss. My own father died in June. He was 81, and the last few months saw a lot of time in hospitals, so it wasn't unexpected,...
The last of my recent purchases that I hadn't posted yet: [ATTACH] Nabataean Kingdom. AE 17. Malichus II and Queen Shaqilath II (40-71 AD)....
:facepalm: Wow. I knew that Romanians tend to be proud of their Roman heritage, but I've never heard that, uh, particular theory before....
Well, I don't have a fear of flying (my only phobia is that I refuse to swim in the ocean, because I will be eaten by a shark), so I don't have...
Thought I'd share another recent purchase: [ATTACH] Roman Empire. AR denarius (19mm, 2.89g). Trajan (98-117 AD). Obverse: Laureate bust right,...
I don't have a photo of my complete current collection, but here's the 400+ Parthian coins I sold via CNG auction a few months ago: [ATTACH] Yes,...
Well, my gut instinct on looking at the OP coin style was Persis, so Achaemenid satrapy sounds plausible to me. Unfortunately, I'm not nearly as...
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