I have this denarius from the first year of Hadrian's reign: [ATTACH] What I find most interesting about this piece is the references in the...
The overall style reminds me of coins from Mysore in India, though my very quick search didn't show an exact match. If not Mysore, then some...
They appear real as far as I can tell. Nothing very valuable stands out, though the first coin (Netherlands 2 1/2 guilders) is silver so still...
Why so few facing busts? My guess is that it's because facing busts tend to look ugly after even a little wear, while profiles are still...
Very nice @DonnaML . This denarius of Octavian shows some of the implements of his office as Pontifex (though he was not yet Pontifex Maximus):...
So hard to choose my favorites, but if pressed... My current avatar is a tetradrachm of the Parthian king Artabanos IV (c.10-38 AD). I love the...
I have several coins of Vespasian, my favorites are this sestertius featuring Roma on reverse: [ATTACH] And a denarius featuring his two sons...
Cool! I don't have many Greek coins, but I do have my own drachm of Ariobarzanes I, which I bought mainly for the portrait: [ATTACH]
If I had to guess, I'd say it was an Ottoman silver akce. I once found one in a lot of uncleaned ancients (the Balkans, where many uncleaned lots...
Very nice coin! I think the test cut looks like Philetairos was in a knife fight, and came very near to getting his throat slit...
@seth77 is correct, the coin is from the Kingdom of Axum, which was located in what is now Ethiopia and Eritrea. The inscription on both sides is...
On the coin boxed in red: [ATTACH] I can make out "la razon". Chile used the slogan "Por la razon o la fuerza" on their coins in the late 19th...
My earliest is a 100 centimes from Year 26 (1829): [ATTACH]
Very nice sub-collection and write-up @John Conduitt . I have one of the "Malik of Kurzuwan" coins (which Album notes is one of the very few...
Great coin @DonnaML , and an informative write-up as usual. I don't have any gold for Arcadius, but do have a decent silver siliqua: [ATTACH]
"AE" in ancient numismatics is just a general term used to indicate a coin is of a copper or bronze alloy. When the AE is followed by a number, it...
Yes, this, a thousand times. To be fair, the dates for Persia are good for the Achaemenids, though it's not like no other great Persian empire...
@The Eidolon : I think your first coin is 16.360, based on the shape of the character Yuan. The difference in color is probably due to conditions...
Yeah, I'm throwing in one more vote for fantasy piece. The date is Year 1 of Qianlong, but the dragon design and overall layout are from a...
On further review, I think this is what is known as "Tianxia Taiping" coins. The reverse inscription is read as "tian xia tai ping" (Heaven below...
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