Thank You Doug for the info. I figured it could just be that a lot of these are around and not much demand. A gift to a teenager is great idea.
[ATTACH] What do you experts think of this little Miletos lion, .95g. It was only a few bucks on ebay although I have sworn off of ebay after...
That is close to Shiva anyway since one of Shiva's associates the famed Vishnu incarnated as a Tortoise- second manifestation as I remember. You...
thought Siva/Shiva was male; Goddess Sita?
As a teenager I was given a box of old beat-up coins from my uncle, mostly Bavarian Talers, English half pennys and the like but in their was a...
Thank You! great summary in a megabyte.
You guys know your Roman history better than I do. Is it true according to Gibbons anyway that this Empress(and Emperor) are really the end of the...
[ATTACH] Ancient Coins - FAUSTINA Jr.- DUPONDIUS - MATRI - MAGNAE - OLD FRENCH COLLECTION - A/ FAVSTINA - AVGVSTA R/ MATRI - MAGNAE// SC . Next...
I have a Volgases but it only clearly shows him grasping the bow, not the bashlyk. very cool indeed.
wow- awesome- I am copying that coin for my archives- connects the headgear to the bow! and the Persian lineage of the Mithradates!
I have no temples to post but A.P. could use a hat?
[ATTACH] That is up for debate but this coin minted by Mithradates VI who although a fierce enemy of Rome and despised by Roman historians was...
Thought these siglos were PERSIAN? nice one however
[ATTACH] Julia Domna, AD 193-211 Roman AR denarius; 2.4 gm, Rome mint, AD 207 Obv: IVLIA AVGVSTA, bare-headed and draped bust, r. Rev:...
Maybe with pure copper coins this is more of an issue. But with bronze alloys I don't think the copper ions are as available to corrode. Keeping...
[ATTACH] Kilikien Bronze 2.-1.Jh. v.Chr. Calidad: VF- | Abréviation Greek Coins, Cilicia, Seleukeia ad Kalykadnon, Bronze 2.-1.cent. BC. 12,06...
[ATTACH] To salvage the game I offer this scan of a Russian Kopek. Wire money issued sometime in the 1700's. Lost the write-up on it. Minted by...
[ATTACH] Denier. Têtes accolées des Dioscures à droite, coiffées d'un pileus orné d'une étoile. R/: Vénus Verticordia debout à gauche, tenant un...
[ATTACH] Kolchis: Diouscurias - before 70 BC: Pilei of the Dioscuri on Obverse; Rx Thyrsus The Dioscuri were identical with the Hindu Aswins; the...
[ATTACH] Denarius of Antoninus Pius, Rx Pax next theme: PAX
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