I recently picked up an interesting silver bar, or ingot, that was produced between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD. The ingot appears to be of...
Speaking of astragalos, here's stater from Cilicia, Kelenderis, circa 430-420 BC, which has a goat leaning left and looking up at an astragalos...
Thank you. Here's a stater from Aegina, circa 485-480 BC, 12.0 grams. [ATTACH] Next: An example of Roman or other ancient hacksilver or...
Interesting thread.... I find the Canopic jar on the Alexandria tetradrachm of Hadrian intriguing and quite exotic. [ATTACH] Also, the...
I don't know if this coin would appeal to a specific CT member - perhaps collectors of cast coinage, or Gorgoneions? Recently acquired, in...
Here's my Hadrian billon tetradrachm, Alexandria, with the Canopic jar reverse. RY 10 (125/6 AD) 12.66 grams 26mm, 12h. [ATTACH]
Out of curiosity, is this coin part of lot of several coins, or was it purchased as a single coin? What was the cost? The denarius is nice in...
Did you use Paypal? If you did, file a claim. Otherwise file a claim with your credit card company. I assume that the seller did not provide a...
Interesting- the Caesar seems to be a variation on the Bloody Mary, a favorite among the brunch crowd.
This Heraclius follis, RY 3, came out of an auction lot of 34 Byzantine coins. The average price paid per coin was around $7.92 per coin, with...
That should be enough. Make sure that the 2x2 is PVC-free, if it is plastic. Nice coin.
A very nice thread and presentation. Don't forget the "play within the play", Pyramus and Thisbe, in Shakespeare's A Midsummer's Night Dream. [IMG]
Here a tetradrachm purchased in 2018. Thrace, 146 BC Thasos Tetradrachm Obverse: Dionysos, facing right, nice style Reverse: Hercules, standing...
Fabulous coins.
Yes, and copper.
I just posted this coin on another thread, and then decided that it really deserves its own. In 1894 Germany, a recently united country under...
Before the heat really builds up (no air conditioning), I took some pics of the "Bird of Paradise" 5 marks, 1894. This is a coin that I purchased...
The two photos look like the same coin. From personal experience photographing bronze coins, especially dark ones with rough surfaces, can be...
No, but it is an established fact that they do grow on tress..... [ATTACH]
Thank you. Later today, I hope to be able to photograph and post a bird of paradise 5 marks, unless the heat is too much, in which case it will...
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