Nice! I have a 1 Franc from Katanga, which seceded from Congo in 1960 but was forcibly re-integrated in 1963. The coin shows a "Katanga cross",...
[ATTACH] Roman Republic. AE as. c.169-158 BC. Obverse: Bearded face(s) of Janus left and right. Reverse: Ship's prow, ROMA beneath, VARO...
My budget example of the type ($22 from Harlan Berk's junk box): [ATTACH]
Cool! We use a lot of Zeiss microscopes and optical equipment in the lab where I work.
All appear to be cast fakes. Hope you didn't pay much for them.
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Ekbatana mint. AE dichalkoi (13 mm, 1.30 g). Orodes II (c.57-38 BC). Obverse: Diademed bust of Orodes II left,...
Very nice coins everyone. Axumite coinage is definitely interesting, it's one of the areas I've had to actively prevent myself from going into...
China, Qianlong period (1736-1795), mintmark is Fuzhou in Fujian Province. A very common coin, worth maybe a dollar or so, but still very cool to...
Neat, I think it makes Jackson look like a demented Jack-in-the-box. I picked up this example at the Baltimore coin show a few years ago, mainly...
A very nice and eclectic group, the sort that I might choose for myself :) . Beware with the Parthian bronzes, though- you can drive yourself mad...
Well, I have to leave something for the sequel.
I think my favorites are the Parthian (no surprise there), the Marcus Aurelius (that portrait is so sharp, you could cut yourself) and the...
This is very sad news @Severus Alexander , I am definitely hoping for the best for you. Here are two fierce horse-mounted archers to add to your...
A nice group @Cucumbor , hard for me to pick a favorite but if forced to do so, I'd go with the Bosporus stater. I've long considered the coinage...
A killer bear and a murder plot... sounds like a movie I'd want to see. I did a quick search of IMDB, found a few movies that are about killer...
I concur with @John Anthony 's ID to Edessa. And, just because the thread title made me think of this song and it makes me happy: [MEDIA]
I'm still feasting on Thanksgiving leftovers, but here on the Coin Talk Ancients board it's already time for our annual Top 10 lists. While I...
Just last week at the Baltimore coin show, I picked up these two for exactly $25 each: silver drachm of Sasanian Persia, Khusro II (590-628 AD)...
I attended the Baltimore Whitman Coin Expo today (Friday, November 19, 2021) and was on the bourse continuously from about 10:30 AM to a bit past...
Yeah, I can sort of see why you think Spain. The portrait style in the second photo (obverse) does remind me of the style used in Celt-Iberian...
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