Glad you like my coin! It is an Arab-Sasanian AE pashiz, from Bishapur, c.690-710 AD. Obverse shows a facing bust, reverse is a man-headed bull...
So many to choose from... but how about if I just choose @IdesOfMarch01 's Julius Caesar lifetime portrait denarius: [ATTACH]
Here's an imitation of a bronze of Constantine I: [ATTACH]
Both coins are Chinese from the reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795), undated, and made of brass. (Bottom coin, side with four Chinese...
Very cool OP find! I have a hippo bronze, but mine is an Egyptian diobol of Claudius: [ATTACH]
Here's my final win from Frank Robinson's auction: [ATTACH] Roman Provincial. Macedon, Thessalonica. AE 22mm. Claudius (41-54). Obverse: Bust...
Here's another coin I won in the latest Frank Robinson auction: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AE chalkon (10 mm). Vologases VI (208- c.228 AD)....
The usual definition I've seen for coins is that "ancient" covers everything up to the end of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476, "medieval"...
Here's my only Roman Republic bronze, a semis from c. 211-207 BC, featuring a bust of Saturn: [ATTACH]
The fourth coin is from the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, founded by Ptolemy I (a general of Alexander the Great) in 305 BC and lasting until the...
All right, in that case I retract my suggestion of imitation. Byzantine, 12 nummi, Alexandria mint, either Justin I or Justinian I (the key part...
Looks like a dodecanummium (12 nummi) of either Justin I or Justinian I from Alexandria mint. But the style seems rather crude (look especially...
I just received this win from the latest Frank Robinson auction: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Pacorus II (78-105 AD). Ecbatana mint....
@Pellinore: No, I did not have any Sasanian coins in the auction, just Parthian and a couple of related (Indo-Parthian). But I look forward to...
Very nice @Sallent, that's a great "bread-and-butter" coin. I know I've shown it before, but here's my denarius of Hadrian, issued in the first...
Cool! Here's my Lucilla sestertius/denarius combo: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The invaluable parthia.com website has a photo of a 10.10 on this page of Sellwood 10 varieties: http://www.parthia.com/mithradates1.htm#Type_10...
Achaemenid Persia, AR siglos, c. 375-340 BC. Three bankers' marks on obverse: flower, rosebud(?), and knot design. [ATTACH]
I collect mainly ancient coins, but also other coins if they have historical interest, artistic interest, or if I just feel like it :happy:....
Thought I'd share this recent purchase, a lovely little Sasanian obol: [ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR obol (15mm, 0.69g). Shahpur II (309-379...
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