I say keep it, if everyone was Augustus or Julius Caesar then it would get too confusing. Related question: I have sold the coin that is featured...
I don't have a Wang Mang spade, but I do have this earlier spade type: [ATTACH] China, Warring States period, c.350-250 BC. State of Liang. From...
Russia (Empire), 1792. I think this is 5 kopecks (if I remember Russian numbers correctly). Hope this helps.
I've posted both before, but here's a different Arab-Byzantine type from Emesa (Homs, Syria): [ATTACH] And an Arab-Sasanian drachm from Basra...
Very cool, I don't have any mother coins in my collection. (I've also seen these referred to as "seed cash".)
I don't remember the exact cost, but it was around $75-80. Very cheap for the amount of history behind it (check out the Wikipedia article on...
@stevex6 : Here's a Chinese charm featuring both a tiger and a phoenix on the reverse: [ATTACH] The obverse inscription translates as "Good news...
Here's my contribution to the Wang party :wideyed: : [ATTACH] Top left is a Da Quan Wu Shi (Large Coin Fifty). Top right is a broken-off knife of...
Unfortunately the surfaces have the appearance of being cast, which a genuine coin of this type should not have. I believe it is a fake, and thus...
@Kevin wu : What specifically do you think looks fake about the OP coin? The OP inscription is correct for an ordinary tong bao coin (the photo...
Okay, I guess that makes sense, thanks for clearing that up. Sorry I can't help with the coin ID, as I don't know much about Greek coins.
Serious question: How can you tell? From what I remember (and I checked both Sibley and Peterson) swans are not sexually dimorphic, i.e. the...
Your ID is correct, it's the Xianfeng Emperor (1851-1861), mintmark looks like Board of Works (one of the two most common) but I sometimes have...
Yes, I had both a bronze and the silver drachm versions (though the drachm was heavily worn and pierced). Now that I have a good quality bronze...
Here's my Numidian, probably Micipsa (though as we discussed here a while ago, for the varieties with no inscription there isn't an obvious way to...
Here's my latest addition to the Parthicus Collection Mark II: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AE tetrachalkon (17mm, 3.91g). Phraates III (70-57...
Awesome OP coin! Guess I can share my Alexandrian tetradrachm of Galba: [ATTACH] And a denarius of Vespasian with his two sons: [ATTACH]
WOW, that's a very generous giveaway, and I like the coin- it fits in with my love of coins that have good "eye appeal" despite not being high...
@Sallent, post 209: Smaller LRB looks like Constans (as Augustus), larger is Valens. The Chinese coin is a Kai Yuan (inscription Kai Yuan Tong...
Welcome @LaCointessa ! Here's my first ancient, bought unidentified for $3 at a local coin shop over 20 years ago: [ATTACH]
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