Good question! First, let me say that I don't yet have Gyselen's book, I have ordered a copy and it should arrive soon. (Yes, I know- buy the...
Modern copy of an ancient Judaean coin, of the type issued under Augustus by the procurators Coponius (6- 9 AD) and Marcus Ambibulus (9- 12 AD)....
#8 is Parthian, Artabanos II (old references) or Artabanos IV Assar) (c.10-38 AD), Sellwood 63.6. #9 and #11 are from Tabaristan, 9 is from the...
[ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian, Abbasid Caliphate. Shiraz mint. AE fals (2.22 g, 19 mm). AH 137 (AD 754/5). Obverse: Sassanian-style bust right,...
Very nice pick-up. The portraits on 1st century AD Parthian tetradrachms are not particularly realistic, but I think they are aesthetically...
I've been busy lately and haven't posted any new purchases in a while, so I'm now very far behind. If I'm going to have everything posted before...
I've told the story before, but I guess some haven't heard it, and I'll add some details that I haven't mentioned before. I had collected coins...
@The Eidolon is correct, it's Qianlong. (But your photo is rotated 90 degrees clockwise.) The reverse will list the mintmark, but unless it's...
I have just one siliqua, of Arcadius (383-408): [ATTACH]
Wow, that is a beautiful and historical coin, I am green with envy :wideyed: My most related coin is my lifetime issue of Julius Caesar, issued...
Very nice! Here's a denarius from 36 BC, during the Second Triumvirate; the reverse shows priestly implements, emphasizing Octavian's position as...
King Vittorio Emanuele III (1900-1946) was an avid numismatist (his personal collection is now in the National Museum), who was responsible for...
I have this drachm of Ariobarzanes I of Cappadocia (96-63 BC), with a rather attractive portrait. On this coin he uses the epithet "Philoromaios"...
Thanks @Publius2 , you are correct, my coin is indeed a cent and not a half-cent. Sorry for any confusion this may have caused.
Well, the lettering does appear rather sharp compared to the rest of the designs. But I don't know enough about the series to make a judgement on...
United States, 2 cent coin, 1868.
I also have one of the Achaemenid coins featuring the putative map of Ephesus on reverse: [ATTACH] As for the Carthaginian coin linked: I think...
Looks like Renaissance-era Milan, but a later copy, not an original coin. This isn't really my area, hopefully others here can be more specific.
Parthians, Parthians,... Nope, never heard of them sorry. ;) Since everyone else has been posting silver, I guess I should share some of the joys...
My first thought was that those are the dealer's stock numbers (SKUs) for those coins. But no, apparently those are the prices? In US dollars?...
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