thanks :)
Just picked up this today :) It was down to this or an As of Claudius, but the As would have been a downgrade and I had to slap myself not to get...
we killed the topic XD
Heres a few more modern ancients if anyone is interested :)
Any idea what you want?
Here my oldest (and one of my smallest) :) Ionia, Miletos AR 6th century BC Lion right, roaring head turned back left/ star and pellets...
Very nice! it looks like epsilon sis crescent
Had it been real I might have had to pass on it if it was to expensive. :) I guess its cast but hard to tell, for me. I'm pretty sure its silver...
Thanks all and Thanks Matt for the contest! :D Quite a surprise to wake up too :o
its fake :) I bought it as one so no worries. Actually didnt even pay for it yet XD http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=71913.0
Found this lol "HEPHTHALITE, c. 475-576 AD, billon drachm, G-200+, bust R, NEZAK MALKA in Pahlavi, crudely schematic portrait, BEWARE: THIS...
Thanks! Like I said, I know very little about Sassanian coins :o even more so with Hepthalite. Do you happen to have a link?
I got this as a fake (which it definitly looks like), but wanted to make sure it was a contemporary. I know very little about these coins. I think...
Very nice. I like Marcus Aurelius as Caesar on coins very much too, and yours has a great portrait. I think I'd snatch up siliqua like that for...
Indeed, it looks very nice. I kinda figure it was mostly popularity that made London mint coin higher, but are they any more or less scarce than...
Those are great additions! That bust of Trajan looks great.
Not sure the origin of mine, but heres one that definitly has a fragile patina. Just a rinse in water and light rubbing did that. Its one of the...
or even my thumb, they are the only coins I dont mind waxing.
In the case of the one I posted, I think that this had already been attempted, which could explain the darker area. I think they did the right...
I'd like to get one of these too.
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