Short on time, forgive lack of descriptions Republican: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Some really lovely coins posted here! Here is mine, one of my favorite later reverse types. I especially like that the obverse legend is DN...
Very nice! For the moment, the only provincials I have are of people whose imperial issues are a bit out of budget, or issues of client kings or...
I think most of us got into ancients via late Imperial bronzes. As you progress you'll find your niche. My current projects: - One of every...
Looks like Jupiter standing holding a scepter and thunder bolt
From what I've read, Philip was at best curious about Christianity and wanted to see what they were all about. He served as Pontifex Maximus,...
I recall reading a transcript of that somewhere... didn't Khusro II tell Muhammad to go back to eating snakes in the desert? No wonder Abu Bakr...
Sassanian Empire Yazdegerd (Yazgard, Yazdgerd) III, 632 - 651 AR Drachm Obv: Bust of Yazdegerd wearing Khusro II-style crown, Pahlavi name...
Lovely coin! I actually came into possession of one of the same type via ebay, which was sold by CNG two separate times in the past few years...
One thing I haven't seen discussed much is exactly when and where "Celtic" coinage ceased to exist. The British celts issued coinage at least...
Celtic gold like the issues of the Parisii are IMO some of the most beautiful and aesthetically appealing ancient coins. I only have a few "poor...
Glad it found a good home ;) I was the seller, and you got a teriffic price if I do say so myself. Here is the Hostilian that bumped that coin...
Wow, what a small world. I sold that coin to your buyer a handful of months ago - I'd recognize that bean-shaped flan anywhere! It was a $9 coin,...
I get the heebie jeebies from that George V rupee.
I bought lots almost exclusively when I got started, and of the probably 1,000 coins I bought in my first year of collecting ancients, I think I...
Also, did you pay with paypal? Even if you miss your window with ebay, you can open a paypal claim that the items are fake. The seller either has...
I once bought a lot of coins from 'nikafinds' of Cyprus on ebay because it had a Republican denarius. I won it at a price too good to be true, and...
That's just it, though, medieval Indians did write history. Maybe their history is more poetic and embellished, but we have kings list with VS or...
Super coin, a very nice gift! I had to say a tearful goodbye to a couple of my coins today; got offers I couldn't pass up [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Also from India, the king Amyntas minted 20-drachm coins, slightly wider but markedly less dramatic than Eucratides' gold:...
Separate names with a comma.
