That is a very interesting coin. The meaning of the hand can have a wide range of interpretation and symbolism. This is the only ancient that I...
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Thank you all for your comments and excellent coins! I am happy to own this coin and such a good price, but I think the law of averages is a...
That's a lovely coin, Bing, very attractive.
That is very true. Just based on the obverse, I get confused easily, and the reverse can be a challenge as well to distinguish the two kings.
Nice coins! The lion daalder is from West Friesland, and I think the date is 1639, but that could be an 8. That's a super nice ducaton!
Thanks! I also came up with 498, after trying to match the letters with an online list of ancient Greek numbers, but as you say the lettering is...
Thanks for the information. I have a terrible time deciphering the reverse on these coins. I'll make a note. Is there a date between the two...
Nice coin! This is one, a billon tetradrachm of Vologases VI, of the first ancients that I collected, around 40 years ago. It came out of a...
Thank you. I guess I need to frequent the shop more often. I kind of been diverted to buying coins online, to the detriment of my local brick...
Thank you! That's a very nice example, much bolder and with all of the reverse legend! Sal has some old stock, and not all of the prices have...
Is this long enough? [ATTACH] Next: Any coin depicting a ruler or emperor who appears with and without a beard.
While pawing through Sal's boxes of ancients yesterday, I came across this worn but charming denarius, which, at $79 (after discount - the price...
So much of the color of a coin depends on lighting when photographed. With flash: [ATTACH] Without flash, which is much closer to the coin's...
True, it is on the heavy-handed side, but such was the nature of propaganda medals, posters and other media back then. I remember seeing...
Here's a tetradrachm that's worn but has fairly colorful toning, from Pamphylia, Side, circa 205-100 BC. This coin has the anchor countermark,...
Judging from the photo I agree that the coin was cleaned, but not unduly (no hairlines or scratches that I can see). The strike looks...
I thought I'd create a generic thread to post my numerous lion daalders and other Dutch crowns and minors collected over the past four decades. I...
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful collection. In this world of ours, beset with so many years of mind-numbing cruelty and murdering of...
That's a lovely coin and it is good that it finally arrived. It seems, these days, that whether or not a coin from overseas arrives quickly or...
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