Your owl has excellent centering. All too often some of the central detail falls off the flan, given the generally narrow ones that Athens used....
For 1597, here's another representative. Netherlands, United Provinces Gelderland, lion daalder, 1597/3. Davenport 8826 26.9 grams [ATTACH]
The obverse of the OP sestertius almost looks like a non-Roman imitation, very crude and really unlike what one would expect from the mint of...
That's a beautiful denarius and a perfect representative for Roman Republic denarii. Also, John Quincy Adams, in 1840, played a pivotal role as a...
Here are two coins for 1598. Netherlands, United Provinces, Zeeland, lion daalder, 1598. Three-year reverse type (1597-99). Davenport 8870...
Netherlands, United Provinces, Zeeland, lion daalder, 1599. Davenport 8870 26.9 grams [ATTACH] Here's a Mexican 8 reales cob, no date, but...
That's a very scarce thaler, the "wasp" thaler of Heinrich Julius (Davenport 9092), and it is in pretty nice condition for this issue.
The owl's weight is below Attic standard of 17.4 grams, but this is also a coin that was imitated extensively in the eastern Mediterranean,...
Spain, Philip III, Valladolid, 8 reales, 1600 oD. Type 'OMNIVM'. Cal. 201 [ATTACH] Netherlands, United Provinces, Friesland, lion daalder,...
England, Elizabeth I, Crown, mint mark 1 (1601-1602). Davenport 3757 [ATTACH] And some music from her reign: A dance [MEDIA] A choral work by...
Italy, Genoa Republic, scudo stretto, 1603, Conrad II. KM 25 38.4 grams Conrad II was a Holy Roman Emperor from 1024 to 1039, and the name on...
Excellent examples! My favorites are the Aeolis tetradrachm, a wonderful work of Hellenistic art, and the Kushan AV dinar, very well struck and...
Netherlands, United Provinces, Friesland, lion daalder, 1604. Rare. Davenport 4852 27.46 grams [ATTACH] Netherlands, United Provinces, West...
Here's an undated coin that has a date range that includes 1605. This dubious coin was minted by the equally dubious Counts of Mazzetti of...
New Spain, Philip III, Mexico, 8 reales, 1607 over Gratia, assayer F. KM 44.3 27.3 grams [ATTACH]
Here are a few coins for 1611. Spain, Philip III, 4 reales, Seville, 1611 B. Obverse die rust. Ex Mark Bir. Scarcer date for this mint. KM 36.2...
Thanks! I don't know how available these early Haitian coins are nowadays, but they seemed to have been listed quite frequently around 20 years...
Nice coins!
I took pictures of two more coins today. Haiti, Republic, 25 Centimes, AN 13 (1813). 19 mm; 1.9 grams. KM 12.1 [ATTACH] Haiti, Republic, 100...
Wonderful thread! The shipwreck theme cuts across many different coins from different eras. I'm sorry that I didn't post sooner, so here are a...
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