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I also had a bit of a delay in receiving my Artabanos II facing bust tetradrachm from Agora 66, but I did get a phone call from Alfredo (which...
First coin resembles a silver tetradrachm of Eucratides I of Bactria (170-145 BC), but this type has been extensively faked. I can't tell from...
Your token is very similar (though not identical) to the piece catalogued as #4741 in Michael Mitchiner's "Oriental Coins and Their Values, Volume...
My gut reaction is fake, but I'm not a specialist in medieval so I could very well be wrong. I'm tagging @FitzNigel as he specializes in medieval...
Yep, what @Sallent said, leave all that worthless Eastern stuff alone. Definitely don't go looking for anything like these: [ATTACH]
I don't have a comparable coin, so please enjoy this Hymn to Nemesis, written by Mesomedes of Crete, a freedman of the emperor Hadrian (the...
Thanks for sharing, @Loong Siew. I'm impressed by your collection; my understanding is that all of the 12 Antique Cash are quite rare and...
Well, I have an actual Star Trek coin, from Liberia (of course) 1995, issued in honor of the movie Star Trek: Generations" and featuring both...
Normans in Calabria, Roger I (1072-1101 AD), AE trifollaro. Obverse shows the king on horseback, reverse shows Virgin Mary seated with baby Jesus...
I have just one coin of Chach, the Tarnavch with snow leopard type that I picked up on a whim at the Baltimore show a couple of years ago:...
Here's my rather less impressive numismatic library: (These are just the books specifically about coins, not general works on ancient history,...
Here is an example from my collection, the couple are shown in less detail (they could just be practicing their wrestling moves, for all you can...
Re: Why didn't the Parthians vary the coinage more: Well, the reverses of the bronze coins are a lot more varied. But, we could reframe the...
What can I say, I like Parthian facing portraits...[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Seleukia-on-the-Tigris mint. Artabanos II (or III, or IV) (10-38...
In the second set of photos, the coin on bottom left is from Ceylon (Sri Lanka). I think it is from King Parakrama Bahu II (1236-1271)....
Hmmm. I am suspicious about the authenticity of these coins, despite the relatively low value. Look carefully at the style of how the characters...
No Parthians in this version? Then there's no point in even looking at it. :dead: Just kidding, Deacon Ray! This is a fantastic chart, both in...
@FitzNigel : Great write-up on some interesting history and coins. I especially like the Italian-Sicilian coins which show cultural mixing. I...
I'll be turning 45 in August, in case anyone wants to buy me a birthday present ;). Which means I've been collecting ancient coins for just over...
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