I have a Virginia Halfpenny of 1773, but since these were minted in London it doesn't count by your definition. I do have two coins minted under...
Yes, the merchant/banker/whatever countermarks definitely add to the appeal of these pieces: [ATTACH] The one at the top looks like a nice Philly...
Weird... looks like one of the "Soter Megas" types of Vima Takto, but with both obverse and reverse designs present on one side. Here's what the...
No. Absolutely no. It would be an affront to the (small-r) republican values on which the US was founded.
Here's a Khusro I from my collection, Darabgard mint, year 30: [ATTACH]
An interesting little group of notes. Was the grandmother from Czechoslovakia? Your last note (10 kroon) is from Estonia.
Here's my Alexandrian diobol of Claudius, featuring a hippopotamus on the reverse: [ATTACH] And an Alexandrian tetradrachm: [ATTACH]
Well, of course Steve Album's auctions aren't as popular as Heritage or Stack's. Most of the coins Steve Album features aren't Greek or Roman,...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Phriapatios I (c.185-170 BC). AE chalkos (3.54 g, 14 mm). Obverse: bust left in bashlyk. Reverse: Horse walking...
Nice! I've won 4 coins in the auction (3 Parthian and 1 Arab-Sasanian), hopefully I can get some good books in the literature portion tomorrow.
I have just one siliqua, of Arcadius: [ATTACH]
"Interstellar" is a perfectly legitimate word, meaning "between the stars". It's been used by astronomers (and science fiction writers) for a...
The coin on the left is an Arab-Sasanian bronze. The portrait is supposedly based on a deity surrounded by flames, but clearly it is representing...
This posthumous denarius of Antoninus Pius depicts his funeral pyre on the reverse: [ATTACH]
Nice write-up! And also a reminder that I need to take the time to post some of my recent coins soon. This drachm (Sellwood 67.1) was attributed...
Growing up, when giving a knife as a gift, the recipient has to immediately pay the giver a penny or other small denomination coin. The reason...
For a while, my percentages kept listing a significant (~12-15%) component as "Middle East" or "Turkish/Caucuses". Not entirely implausible for...
Herakles slaying the lion also shows up on this 1926 half lek from Albania: [ATTACH]
Ave Caesar! Ave Augustus! [ATTACH]
In the lab where I work, at a major research university with international reach, I am definitely in the minority as a native speaker of English....
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