Seems that this is the "Ancient Worlds" most prolific coin. They must have really struck a lot of them for commerce in Athens.
Picked up a pretty neat oldie. EL 1/48 Stater ND circa 625-600BC 0.32g. 5mm. Ionia/ Uncertain City State Lion Head Facing Left...
Super nice aureus!
Me too! $$$$$ is getting low....I need the snow to melt, so that I can get back to work/ fresh air/ get a tan. Save up a pile of cash for upcoming...
Me too:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D "lots of em"
"3" ancient coins are way better then getting a "100":) boring Canadian Mint sets:(
The term "electrum" does not make sense. I have seen Kashmir/ Kidarite Dinara having 5% gold and are called AV coins/ yet EL coinage from Kyzikos...
Great to hear that everything ended well for you!
Here is a real golden lucanidae from my coll.[ATTACH]
I have 8 from Eliasburg/ here is the one ex.[ATTACH]
Castile and Leon AV Maravedi (Morabitino) Safar date 1250=1212AD Tulaytula (Toledo) Mint Alfonso VIII 1158-1214AD 3.82g. 26.5mm. 2h. Translated...
Great start for sure/ glad you are going after solidi! Even with the high prices (they will never come back down, but keep on climbing) I plan on...
Nice examples Donna:)
Charles XII was a great soldier/ along with Friedrich II "Der Grosse" of Germany/Prussia. Peter never deserved the title, "The Great", he only won...
Very true/ before 1945, coin collecting was truly the hobby of the very rich.....King Farouk/ Enrico Caruso/ Garrett/ Carnegie/ Eliasberg/ Jed...
Nice ones! I have a Valentinian II from NFA[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Henry VI House of Lancaster 1422-71 AV Quarter Noble ND Annulet Issue 1422-30 Tower Mint ex: Theo Law Collection/ Stacks He had one of the finest...
Here is a quite diverse bunch of my stuff to show head garb from many cultures, even a Hun chieftan.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Biggest reason for the price surge is this: the demand for high quality World/ Ancients/ Medieval coins far outstrips the supply. Many of you have...
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