Dealers on Vcoins are usually reliable (I haven't had any problems with them). Some other good dealers of ancients who aren't on Vcoins are...
Inscription reads Ptolemaiou Basileos, "Of Ptolemy [the] King". I don't know Ptolemaic coinage, so can't answer the other questions, but I have a...
Cash is definitely the most accepted form of monetary exchange, bring plenty of cash. Comfortable shoes are a must. I like to wear cargo pants...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Susa mint. AR drachm (3.51 g, 17 mm). Phraates IV (38-2 BCE). Obverse: Diademed bust left, eagle carrying wreath...
Over on the other site, DLTcoins pointed me to a coin on Zeno with the same obverse design. There, the inscription is read as ShPWR, which is...
(photo borrowed from seller because I had trouble getting a decent shot) [ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AE pashiz (15 mm, 1.69 g). Yazdegard I...
(photo borrowed from seller because I had trouble photographing such a small coin) [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Ekbatana mint. AE chalkos (1.17...
I've dealt with Sphinx Numismatics many times and always found them knowledgeable and honest. Any particular eason for concern?
Interesting hypothesis, but I doubt there is any direct connection. Of course both are the product of the nascent Islamic civilization...
[ATTACH] Arab-Sasanians. AE pashiz (2.66 g, 21 mm). No date (c. late 600s- early 700s CE). Obverse: Cartoonish crowned bust derived from...
I bought a soda at the vending machine yesterday, and when I looked at my change I saw this beautiful lady staring back at me: [ATTACH] My first...
Here are two related coins I've bought in the last few months. One was acquired at the Baltimore Whitman Coin Expo in October 2022, while the...
My immediate subjective impression is that the Parthians started debasing their tetradrachms pretty early on, and they become billon before too...
That's a very nice Ardashir I in the OP. Here's my top coin purchased in 2022, a drachm of Queen Boran (628-630): [ATTACH] I posted some...
It's one of those modern copies that are sold for use in Daoist fortune-telling consulting the I Ching. The dots in the field are one of the...
I guess it's time for my annual Best Of list for 2022. Overall it was a pretty good year for my collection. I obtained two types that had been...
I think it is indeed Kipunada, based on my comparison of the Brahmi inscription to other examples online. Underneath the king's left arm seems to...
While I'm not a slab fan in general, the NGC coin looks to have the same amount of detail and equally good surfaces as the first coin, and the...
@GinoLR : Good question on how I connect the stick-man symbol to the Faravahar. Mainly I am taking the seller's word for it, and the shapes seem...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Traxiane mint. AR drachm (20 mm, 4.01 g). Orodes II (57- 38 BCE). Obverse: Diademed bust left, no star or crescent...
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