I recently acquired not one but two unpublished coins this week. The first one comes from the ΔEΛ mint. Not much is known about this mint other...
Looks like a bad fake from Bulgaria copying Michael VIII or some other 13th century coin.
I'll try to answer the OP's questions. The original Tyche was Seleucid and has been lost to time. But if we look at copies she holds grains in her...
A nice poker hand @BenSi :rolleyes: [ATTACH] Isaac II 1185 to 1195 AD Electrum aspron trachy Obvs: The Virgin enthroned facing, nimbate and...
I see this happen all the time, but to my knowledge it hasn't happened to a coin I was bidding on. I had a conversation with Nicholas from Pegasi...
PNR stands for Pondus nummorum Restitutum, "the weight of the coins is restored."
That's in good condition for the type. [ATTACH] John IV Mint: Trebizond 1446 to 1458 AD AR Asper Obvs: Λ in circle. St. Eugene on horseback right...
All 10 are very nice. Although #7 would fit nicely in my collection if you wish to gift it to me, #6 looks the best to me. #10 is quite striking,...
That's a nice example of the type! [ATTACH] Antiochus IV Mint: Quasi-municipal Seleucia on the Pyramus (Mopsus) Denomination C 168 to 164 BC Obvs:...
Small world. I sold that coin to a person in Texas in 2016. Here was my photo of it. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Antiochus VI Mint: Antioch 143/142 BC Obvs: No inscription. Antiochus radiate head right, within dotted border. Revs: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIOXOY...
Very interesting opinions here from it's ruined to an improvement. I did exactly the same as the op almost 20 years ago. It had a green patina...
I believe it is this one. https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=5187542 [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
By process of elimination we land on SC 484.1 (Antiochus II) due to the lack of any border and nude Apollo. Though the portrait does not match...
I would vote for a Shekel of Tyre, but it could be any circulating Shekel or Tetradrachm that was used in Jerusalem during or prior to the reign...
First time seeing one of those! Reminded me of a native american. [ATTACH]
Can't be that one due to the lack of stars above and below the K.
As far as I know 126a is the only one with a star on the shoulder and only sometimes occurs. I could be wrong. [ATTACH]...
Lots of varieties on these, but close to this one. [ATTACH] Obulco After 150 BC AE As Obvs: OBVLCO, Female head right. Revs: Iberic inscription...
Is yours unusually thick? Mine is 4mm [ATTACH][ATTACH]
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