Silk road "Hunnic" Peroz-imitation drachms; made of a brittle, high-tin alloy that snaps easily. They go up in price exponentially when they are...
Lovely coins! I enjoy how affordable high grade LRBs from the Constantinian period can be. One of my favorite bronzes, incidentally, is a crispus:...
Very nice! Were any coins inscribed in Old Italic? I can't think of any offhand except Latin and Oscan?
Very nice examples all!
Thanks for thinking of me! Indeed Indian from the Gujarat area. First is Western Kshatrapas, Vijayasena, SE160 = 238 AD....
Brahmi There is pretty hot scholarly debate over whether Brahmi is an original invention, derived from the undecipheted Indus script, or from...
- Chorasmian In addition to Sogdian, the people of Khwarezm developed Aramaic into their own script AR "Tetradrachm" of Sawashfan, Sogdian on...
Nothing makes an ancient coin more fascinating than an inscription in a language that hasn't been spoken or written in over a thousand years!...
I love the extra early, pre-reform Aurelian ants that look just like Claudius II. I saw it, but I don't like to drop more than $25-50 on common...
https://www.biddr.ch/auctions/amcoinscanada/browse?a=407&l=398345 This one threw me for a loop in the middle of the Roman listings!
The VOT coins are misleading. I have read it as the inscription meaning "I vow to serve five years, and, God willing, ten." That explains VOT V...
Sometimes, it isn't possible to throw forth anything resembling a guess. India and Central Asia in particular saw several extremely long-lived...
I have a modest collection of the most common fanam types, but not many imaged. Far from ancient or even medieval, one of my smallest (5mm) and...
A few things I have noticed, pondered, and been largely unable to find a concrete answer for. 1) Everyone knows that the bottom dropped out on...
Tonk Paisa - $2-3 Victorinus antoninianus - less than $10. Can't see it well in the pics. Chinese - $1 or less Bull & Horseman - about $5
@Smojo, do you have any links to articles on the fractional fanams? I can only find pages where people doubt their authenticity, and pages selling...
Thanks, @ancient coin hunter and @dougsmit ! I have a few search queries that I use on the regular, takes a lot of time, but sometimes it really...
Bargains are the reason my collection is so gosh darned big! Pontius Pilate AE prutah from a lot of small bronze coins, 10 for $6 shipped. Sold...
Little late to the party My smallest Troas, Kebren Hemitartemorion, 5mm 0.07g Head of Apollo / Head of Ram [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Close second...
Whenever I feel the itch for something new, I go trolling to fill a few spots in my ancient Indian type collection. Lots of fun, fascinating coins...
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