What a gorgeous piece! Show that to a civilian and they will be impressed. I am!
Hey Pierre, Your coin has nothing to do with Menander. I have Price's book and identify it as Price 2571 from Sardes (with a "rose" below the...
I suppose it does for modern coins you don't want to touch. But, those of us who collect ancient coins and want to fondle them would find it hard...
Good question. I just skimmed through Melville-Jones's Testimonia Numaria of original ancient Greek writings about coins and saw the term "obol"...
How much does it weigh? The weights of hemiobols (1/2 obol), obols, tritetartemorions (3/4 obol), trihemiobols (3/2 obol), diobols (2 obols) and...
Metcalf introduced it in 1970 in Metcalf, D. M. "Interpretation of the Byzantine Rex Regnantium folles of Class A" in Numismatic Chronicle 1970,...
Some beginners want to know more about ancient coins in general. Some have specific questions they ask on CT. CT is a good place to learn. Many of...
@Roman Collector , I appreciate your link https://www.cointalk.com/threads/herennia-etruscilla-bust-styles-and-mints-its-confusing-indeed.308030/...
Herennia Etruscilla was the wife of Trajan Decius (who reigned 249-251) and mother of his sons Herennius Etruscus and Hostilian. She in on...
No fair showing it against the Guinness Book of World Records largest grain of rice! :happy:
You managed it. That has very nice quality for a Valerian II.
It looks a lot like a Leo V (813-820, Sear 1630, no photo in Sear. DO 7). Leo V has the advantage in that it is far more common than Leo III....
Ancient-coin collecting is a hobby of the mind. It is what you know about them that makes them more than just small disks. First you learn they...
I bought one coin in a Swiss auction that closed June 30. It arrived yesterday after over two months in customs. July 6 Post Office tracking had:...
@britannia40 , that is a terrific and rapid start! We will be curious to see what arrives next.
If anyone buys from eBay they should first check the FORVM fakesellers list http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=18502.0 or...
It looks like you did a good job. Do you have any "before" pictures?
Nero was the first to issue the semis, so if you want a semis, you can't do it earlier. I like the suggestion you work on Trajan or Hadrian, but...
I agree. It is a modern fake.
Here is a 35-34 mm posthumous Alexander the Great: [ATTACH] Struck at Alabanda, Caria, c. 173-167 BC. Distinguished by Pegasus flying left and...
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