Thanks everyone for neat comments....yes the reverse was the artistic talent of a really great engraver. Thats sadly lacking in our modern era coins.
A rarely seen coin, good that she found a home in your collection. I had my eye on a Diva Paulina AR Denarius in recent Nomos Auction...alas that...
Hello Christian, welcome to the club! I am also German, but collect all periods in history. Here are some of my Germany coins....[ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I wish! My insect collection is only worth around 1.3 million, so can get 20 or so different Emperors Aurei.... I would need "Donald Trumps"...
I just placed ad on "insectnet.com" classfieds, indicating that I was selling my collection. After that I had many inquiries! Mostly collectors...
Thats probably the "only" good fever to be infected with:):):):):):):):):)! I just got the silver one too, now that I started into Roman AR...
Here is a very beautifull medieval coin from Italy.... AV Saluto d'oro ND Naples Mint Carlo II of Anjou 1285-1309 obv. Arms of Anjou rev....
There are soooooooo many nice coins on sixbid site, I collect all AV coinage from all periods in history/plus now Roman AR coins/ also US/Canada...
I saw a 1628 AV 20 Dukaten coin from Salzburg, where some "idiot" back in the day etched "XX" on the obverse, I guess some member of the nobilty...
With all these great coin photos/posts/ coin auctions/ coin books/ magazines....small wonder that I have coins on my mind all day while I am...
Before I head off for work... I really cannot decide, I like ALL ancient/medieval coins, including ones struck after 1200AD to circa 1979 for...
Just got home from work, was a real scorcher today, 35 celsius/humidex 45. Nice thing with my profession, not much overhead/ no employees to pay....
Magnificent coins, nice to see these beauties after a long 14 hour day cutting lawns in 35 degree celsius HEAT! Have to confess, I had a few ice...
AV Solidus 4.39g. Constantinople Mint Emperor Theodosius III 715-17AD. AV coins are rare from this Byzantine Emperor.[ATTACH]
Beautifull examples, thanks for sharing them! These are on my future auction wants!!!!
I have tons of Ottoman AV Sultanis....here are two AV Sultani AH 883 (1479) Sultan Muhammad II Conquerer of Constantinople 3.53g/23mm....
Correction....there were 508 Proofs minted.
This coin is part of the "Conservation Coin Series" from 1974/75/76/77/78/79. Twenty-four Countries issued coins (one gold/two silver) in...
Cucumbor....great coins as usual! Also excellent presentation and write up. I still need these emperors for my collection. We both had sad ends in...
Thanks! I had to cut quite a few lawns to get that one!
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