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PCGS MS-69 with finger print.... Icky:mad: [ATTACH]
This 1923 commemorative showed up today. :hail: [ATTACH][ATTACH]
8 escudos, minted in Lima Peru, King of Spain Ferdinand 7,
OK I wieghed and measured the Commodius. Weight - 10.2 grams. Diameter - 24.76 mm, Width 2.76 mm. Curious minds needed to know.
Its a great strike to start with. Sure its beat up, but not from circulation. MS-60 in my opine.
Great stuff Doug. Here is another Bactrain of mine with a panther. :smile [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Uh-huh. I aquired 5 more today from the same seller.
These 2 nice modern Japanese silver coins showed up in the mail today. Both cost me 99 cents. :smile [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] 1963 &...
Here is an image of an ancient Kushan. :D...
Yep Rex, but studing Bactrains, inevitably leads to study of Kushans. That's another story... :p [ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH][ATTACH] 2 Kushan...
I think its a large bronze Sesterses, I have several coins of Alexander the Great. As for Elagabalus, I have one bronze coin of fair quality, I...
Yes Rex, I have been learning as I collect. So glad you folks are sharing your knowlege. Been collecting the ancients for about 2 years now. I...
Wow, thank you Eyestrain. so informative, its always great to solve a mystery, don't you think ???
Your welcome Rex. I too enjoy seeing yours, Randy's and DS's ancients. Real nice to share. Here is a Bactrian coin of Aziz'z II, the last of...
Oh OK, yes it looks to me that it is Minerva advancing with a javelin and holding a shield. Must have been a frontier war going on, as there...
Well the coin is denarius size. As for the reverse, I always leaned toward Felicitas holding a cornicopian and caduceus.
Well Rex, I am reminded of the old axiom "Absolute power corrupts, absolutly."" I suspect that outside of Commodius, he had to be the worst....
I see Rex. I should have read the heading more carefully.
Here is a hole in the head Marcus Aurelius. :rolleyes: [ATTACH][ATTACH]
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