Someone more expert here will probably bring us down to Earth and tell us that the pellets are some denomination/weight markers.
Islamic probably from India I think. Post them in ancients where there are a couple of experts on these. @THCoins would know.
Nice coin and congrats on your twins!! The pellets could be celestial bodies even the twin dioscurii- yin&yang, Earth and sky etc. but I am not an...
authentic IMHO
This is the smallest and oldest Greek I have Attribution: Ionia. Miletos AR Hemiobol Rosen 403; SNG Copenhagen 378 Date: 6th-5th century BC...
It is possible that the two goddess faces on the obverse in the OP coin(beautiful coin btw) that appear janiform are just the other two of the...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This info came just in time since I have a slabbed coin on the way and have never had one and wasn't sure how to free...
amazing coins!
Draped bust of victory on #6 is incredible. The nymph on the didracm is also quite nice.
What is the story on these unreadable "blundered legends" anyway?
Well after reading up on this emperor with his history of fratricide and basic tyrannical butchery I know just the student who would love this coin!.
[ATTACH] Just figured it out! It is Caracalla (I think anyway): Caracalla AE32 of Samosata, Syria. AYK M AY ANTΩNINOC CEB, laureate, draped and...
One more in the batch of inexpensive coins I got last week that I can not quite peg down yet. The seller attributed as:NICE COMMAGNE SAMOSATA...
Thank You arnoldoe, and maybe there were several in the batch that this one got cleaned up from. Thanks for finding the rest.
Lucky is right. I also got this wild coin in the same little group for a few bucks. The seller did not seem to know that the reverse was of a...
Amazing coins David. The temple on the Domitian reminds me of the US Supreme court with eight facing columns and also a little like the Lincoln...
Thanks for adding that Ryro- that clarifies the mis-attribution. It was the two letters under either side of the bust that was the key to figure...
Picked up this little bronze RPC with a few others last week to give as gifts for my students, for ten dollars each. It was attributed as an...
Nice details @zumbly . He has that deep thinking philosopher look that he is known to history by. I am sure he planned or would appreciate this...
Last purchase for this year and probably the completion of this little collection for this decade anyway. This coin is a posthumous issue by the...
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