Syakusos Litra c. 474-443 BCE during time of tyranny. Artemis/Arethusa head right. SYRA before. 0.89 grams. Cuttlefish. Alfoeldi 136 ("obol")....
The first English writer to be recognized with a Nobel Prize for Literature was Rudyard Kipling. Those who held to the King's English were...
The VOT XX MULT XXX will let you place the date. But I do not understand the politics. He ruled 337-350. So, I don't know how he won 20 annual...
Rule Number One in Sales: Never say "No" for the customer. I stopped counting articles I placed at 300 over 20 years ago. I started in 1972 by...
The facing head on the right comes from the royal tombs at Vergina. The coin at the left is a standard Macedonian issue with Zeus obverse and a...
A simple question for collectors led to the discovery of a lost fact: the first coins struck by the Denver branch Mint were half dollars produced...
I know. It is one of the Seven Churches of Asia, if you collect Greek Imperial / Roman Provincials from the Bible. Anyway,... religion aside......
Allie on a Barber Dime. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I thought they struck the proofs in San Francisco.
Thanks, Collect! You can read the thread that was shut down here https://www.cointalk.com/threads/fun-with-flags.334231/#post-3388391 and there...
Thanks, CPM! They are not coins coins, but they are highly numismatic! Here are two "coins" that are not true coins, but do display flags....
The previous topic got noisy with irrelevancies. May we begin again and stay on topic with "Numismatics and Vexillology"? [ATTACH] From Civitas...
I do not understand your comment. The coins are struck, not cast. Do you mean that they are out of stock? I bought mine, 20 of them, actually, but...
Searching here for "Nova Roma" I was treated to this most excellent history of Alexius Komnenos and John Komnenos....
[ATTACH] For most people, Nova Roma is a LARP: a live-action role-playing game, like a Renaissance Fair. Legio XXI Rapax is their active army....
I got a new cigar box and when I started moving my coins into it, look what I found! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Who knew?
Over 800 million each from Denver and Philadelphia. Historically, the Main Mint in Philly used no Mintmark until very recently. As often as I...
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Truly a beautiful coin. Thanks for sharing (and congrats on owning it).
Thanks for information. I discussed these recently here:...
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