very nice ! [ATTACH] This is a small bronze of the Seleucid king Alexander Zebina (BC 128-122) I got for not much, in a bowl full of small...
Collectors do not only collect ancient coins just for the beauty of the thing, like bunches of flowers in vases on the dining table. They also...
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Crusader ! [ATTACH] Tripoli, Count Raymond III (1152-1187), AR pougeoise Obv: + BΛMVND COMS Cross with group of three dots in second quarter....
He is accused of fabricating false provenances for the rare coins he auctions. I have been pissed off by the looting of a hoard found in Gaza in...
I don't know John Anthony but I wish he gets well soon... And nice Philip Jr ! Here is mine: [ATTACH]
counts of Bearn, (905-1134), denier, Centulle mint [ATTACH] Obv.: +ONOR FORCAS, PAX in monogram (read clockwise from left) Rev.: COM CENTVLLO,...
Nur al-Din Mahmud (1146-1173), AE fals, Aleppo [ATTACH] Obv.: Christ nimbate standing, blundered Greek legend : IC XC (retrograde) and in left...
another anon. Byzantine follis, of the time when the Orthodox Church broke up from the Catholic Church (in 1054). [ATTACH] AE follis, class D...
[ATTACH] the same kind of coin, but for Constantinople... the victory on a schematic galley symbolizes Constantine's naval victory against...
In fact, Wahballath is not only laureate. He is laureate and diademed. On well preserved specimens, it is conspicuous. His titles, VCRIMDR, stand...
[ATTACH] Constantius Gallus, centenionalis (?), Antioch Obv.: D N CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES , draped and cuirassed bust right Rev. : FEL TEMP...
[ATTACH] Crispus, Caesar 317-326, nummus, Arles 324/5 Obv.: CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust left Rev. : PROVIDEN-TIAE...
[ATTACH] This one has a funny style Constantine I, AE nummus, Alexandria (317-320) Obv.: IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust left with...
I am sure there are plenty of places in UK where there is no decent history or archaeology museum. Why not expand the existing museums, or create...
Another Class A2 anonymous Byzantine follis [ATTACH] AE follis, class A2 (976-1025) Obv.: + EMMANOVHΛ , bust of Christ facing, holding gospels ;...
8th century? All I have to show is this modest follis from Syracuse: [ATTACH] Constantine V Copronymos - follis from Syracuse (741-775) Obv.:...
[ATTACH] Hadrian, Alexandria, AE drachm (AD 136/7) Obv.: ΑΥΤ Κ[ΑΙϹ ΤΡΑΙΑΝ - ΑΔΡΙΑΝΟϹ ϹEΒ]; laureate head of Hadrian, r. Rev.: [L Κ]Α; temple...
Too bad no emperor was born on this day, 23 February... But on 23 February 1945, the Marines raised their flag on the summit of Mount Suribachi,...
It's K B K for Κύζικος = Cyzicus, an ancient city on the southern shore of the Sea of Marmara. B is the Greek numeral for 2 It means that this...
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