Happy Birthday, Bing! May you find a big pile of coins: [ATTACH]
I recently had my DNA ancestry checked. From family history, I knew that my mother's family was Sicilian on both sides (with possibly a bit of...
Oh, you think you've stooped low? Check out this beauty: [ATTACH] That's a sestertius of Trajan, RIC 667. I got it because the reverse is...
I'm mostly an ancients guy, but I've managed to pick up a few CWTs along the way: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice haul! The broad, thin silver in the bottom row is a "Ga-Den"-style tanka from Tibet, late 19th to early 20th century.
"Nasty Parthian coins"? "Nasty Parthian coins"?!!!!!!! Why, I'll show you a nasty Parthian coin! [ATTACH] Mithradates I (c. 171- 138 BC). AE...
Thanks for the suggestions everyone, looks like I have some more research to do. Fortunately I like research (I wouldn't be collecting ancients...
Sallent said above, "I am not looking to own everything that everyone else here has just because they have it and like it. I want to find my own...
I started collecting coins when I was about 8 or so (US plus a smattering of modern world) but gradually lost interest and stopped when I was...
I've now had some time to look up the mint marks, and here's my best guesses: A: Board of Revenue in Beijing B: Wuchang in Hubei province C:...
That's a very nice Mithradates III there, Sallent! The portraits on Parthian coins tend to be centered low, so it's unusual to find one where you...
Cool find! In all your photos, the left side shows the reverse (which gives the mintmark in Manchurian script) while the right side is the...
Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can help me identify this small Greek bronze that has stumped me for a while. (I apologize for the poor photo...
Thanks for the link Bob L., I hadn't seen that site before. After seeing that collection, I have decided to abandon all coin collecting, as there...
That is a very cool coin, thanks for sharing! Here's another camel coin that hasn't been posted yet, a Parthian bronze of Orodes II (57- 38 BC)...
Thank you for the warm welcome, everyone! As you may have guessed from my username, my main collecting area is Parthian coins, but I have been...
Here's a late issue from Elymais, of one of the rulers known only by a letter, with a reverse depicting Artemis/Diana (or possibly some local...
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