Well, unless the US coins are miniatures, your piece is way too large for a genuine silver 1 yen. And there are multiple signs of casting (the...
Albania's coins prior to WWII were also minted in Italy and designed by Italian artists, so they also have beautiful classical designs: [ATTACH]...
@TypeCoin971793: Happy Birthday! @LaCointessa: Your coin has the inscription "Ban Liang" (half ounce) in archaic Chinese script, this was used...
Very nice write-up @Bob L., and thanks for the shout-out! My current Parthian collection is just 16 coins, but it does contain one fractional...
Wikipedia mostly agrees with you on the origins of the deity's name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elagabalus_(deity) ...although there "llah...
I've heard the theory that the L abbreviation for year is derived from an Egyptian symbol for "year", in either demotic or hieroglyphic script. I...
Weird synchronicity: Just a couple of days ago I was thinking about the Khmer coinage, and now you posted here about it! I own a small round...
Thanks for the replies, everyone! @Bob L., I hope you will enjoy new coins as much as I did. Overall, I am pretty happy with the results of the...
Guess I should share mine, then... my example of the spear type: [ATTACH] And a dagger type. This has three prominent "banker's marks": [ATTACH]
Yes, definitely Achaemenid. I _think_ this is the type where the king is holding a dagger in his back hand (rather than a spear), but hard to...
The Parthicus Collection sale in CNG eAuction 396 ended earlier today, and I am wondering if anyone here won some of my (former) coins? If so,...
Roman Empire, Licinius I (308-324 AD). Reverse is IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing, mintmark is SMN (Nikomedia, in what is now Turkey)....
My gut instinct is that it's from the Mughals in India, either a rupee or a token copy. Will see if I can narrow it down further.
I haven't had any coins go permanently missing once I had them safely in my possession at home, but I have had two separate shipments go missing...
This is a great thread, I wish I had more to add. I just want to add one joke that I saw long ago on a Usenet group. (Kids, ask your parents...
Since the Parthicus Collection is now up on the CNG site, it's time for me to get down to building Parthicus Collection 2: Electric Boogaloo....
I started with US and modern world at about age 6 or 7, dropped out when I was around 11-12. Got back in at age 19, then started with ancients at...
Of course, only the Phraataces/Musa drachm from eSale 396 will give you that all-important "From the Parthicus Collection" provenance. :happy:
Well, obviously I would have liked a different outcome to the voting, but I humbly concede defeat to a worthy adversary, and I wish @Alegandron...
@Laurentiu: The coin you linked looks like it's Khusro I (531-579 AD), Year 46, mintmark BBA (Court Mint). Oh, and welcome to Coin Talk!
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