Actually I think you might be more on target with Tyre, or Sidon/Phoenicia.
I'm incline to think it is Ptolemaic - from one of those old boys - but I can't say for sure. The flan measures, according to the seller, between...
So it seems.
I tried to directly paste the images into my post. That used to work before, but apparently no longer. So, I put them in Photoshop and saved...
I got an email today from an eBay seller who just received this strange, very crude coin, which I think is actually a coin weight. Here are some...
I'm worse, I guess. I actually talk to them. When there's an argument, the odd thing is that the coin always wins.
I guess that, as we're well into the 21st century, I have remained something of a Luddite. I don't own a cell phone, smart phone or iphone, just...
You have some really nice examples, especially considering how tough it is to locate well struck coins from the mint. I just took some snaps of a...
Nice examples of Justin II and Sophia folles posted here. Here are two folles of Justinian I, Antioch. These examples feature Justinian I...
And then there is Aristophanes: “better not bring up a lion inside your city, But if you must, then humour all his moods.” ― Aristophanes, The...
That's a wonderful group of Roman provincial coins of Judaea, and a nice prutah of Agrippa I. According to Robert Graves (I, Claudius and...
I had to do the same thing in 10th grade biology class. We were supposed to draw the internal organs of the poor frog. I was so put off my...
That's a wonderful coin with a beautiful patina.
Your 420-375 BCE - 1 Siglos has really nice centering and detail - nice coin!
This is my best example. ACHAEMENID Kingdom AR Siglos. Darios I to Xerxes II. Ca 485-420 BC. 5.5 g - 15.5 mm [IMG]
I hope that the hoard is thoroughly studies before, or if, it is broken up. So much historical information is lost when a hoard such as this one...
And now, entering stage left, is a cast bronze from Apulia, a most singularly chunky Uncia, weighing 45.7 grams, while measuring only 30 mm in...
Here's a sestertius of Faustina Junior. The obverse is rough, with some corrosion, while the reverse is much better, and a rare one to boot....
Oops. That supposed to be lion. I think there are two types for this emperor.
While trade was the bread and butter of ancient economies, as it is even today's modern economies, I can think of no other ancient civilization...
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