Also under Antiochus VIII, but less common [ATTACH] Cleopatra/Antiochos VIII Mint: Ptolemais AE 20 Year 189/ 124 BC Obvs: No inscription....
Sounds like you got a decent deal. From parthia.com -> The Seleucid Era (S.E.) is based on a lunar calendar, beginning with the autumn of 312 B.C....
Be sure to post some. 15 years ago I was neck deep in those. :drowning:
Same company. Receipt of payment from last week, but no shipping status given. When I purchased last year they immediately gave a tracking number.
The short answer.... you can't. Roman coins in particular used a variety of metals and the only way to know it's composition would be to do a...
Die matches are found on authentic coins, but two coins shouldn't be identical in terms of striking flan orientation ect. I say shouldn't because...
Good write up and nice to see a fellow Byzantine collector. Here is my holed example. [ATTACH] Romanus I 931 to 945 AD Mint: Constantinople AR...
[ATTACH] Ilipense After 150 BC AE AS Obvs: Grain ear, dotted border. Revs: ILIPENSE, Fish swimming right. Crescent above 23x30mm, 11.93g
Could someone tell me the purpose of serrating denarii? I assume it was to conserve silver as opposed to Seleucid coins which were done for...
[ATTACH] Cleopatra/Antiochos VIII Mint: Antioch AE 19 123 BC Obvs: No inscription. Antiochos radiate head right, within dotted border. Revs:...
Great posts everyone. Sure we'll take you're lightest Doug. I ordered a .09g earlier this year, but it was lost in the mail.
Beat me by .02, good job!
To commemorate my 100th on CT, I thought I would play a game where everyone post any coins they want equal to but not over 100 grams. Since that...
Amazing!!! Time to celebrate:cigar:
[ATTACH]Mysia/Pergamon AE 22 2nd c. BC Obvs: Head of Athena in crested helmet. Revs: AΘHNAΣ NIKHΦOPOΣ, Trophy of arms. 22mm, 7.04g [ATTACH]...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Anonymous issues. Domitian to Antoninus Pius, AD 81-161. Æ Quadrans Rome mint. Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Mars right /...
The closest I have [ATTACH] Pontos, Amisos 85 to 65 BC AE 29 Obvs: Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet Revs: AMI ΣOY,...
[ATTACH] Hyksos Scarab 1650 to 1550 BC Intact, once glazed, pierced for mounting. Base engraved with a cut coiled cord pattern. Steatite 10x15mm,...
Many times it is hard if not impossible to find one in a decent condition, especially when it comes to Byzantine. Sometimes just being able to...
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