They often find ancient or medieval coin hoards in Israel or Palestinian Territories. I remember this one found in Rafah, in the Gaza strip. It...
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7955 The mint-place is uncertain
Like this one? [ATTACH] Alexander III the Great, hemiobol, AR 9mm, late 4th c. BC Obv.: head of young Heracles right wearing lion-skin Rev.:...
The picture is not sharp enough, but it is obvious this is a modern imitation not even supposed to deceive collectors.
It is this coin : https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=114803 "Apparently the second known specimen, the other one is in the Munich cabinet."...
In France in 1914, 10 Francs was a gold coin of 19 mm and 3.22 g. One century later in 2014, the same amount of 10 Francs of 1914 has become 0.02...
I think it's a nice denarius of Nero. I never got any...
A small group of Sassanian coins: [ATTACH]AR Drahm of Shapur I, son of Ardashir Papagan, (241-272). Too bad it's broken... [ATTACH] Yazdagard...
This is what archaeologists think. They recently found the remains of a small city on top of the hill and, in its centre, post-holes and...
Imagine that : a coin that is not only fake, but also has bronze disease! :vomit:
According to the label, its weight is 208.6 kg. Empty, of course :)
It is less a problem for Europeans. Italy and Greece are members of the Schengen Area that covers the whole European Union plus Switzerland (but...
There are famous places and monuments of Antiquity people from all over the world like to visit, such as Rome, Athens, the Pyramids, Petra, etc....
[ATTACH] Posthumous sestertius of Faustina the elder (posted before, sorry) Next: a coin you received (or gave) as a gift (again!)
The IVPPITER CVSTOS one is nice, all inscriptions are readable, the style is very good, and the price tag is relatively affordable (for a denarius...
The Vienna skyphos by the "Brygos painter" is a true masterpiece for me. It represents the episode in Ilias book 24 l.475 ff. when Priamos...
Wonderful coin ! From all the other examples you posted for comparisons, I notice that the rev. legend is very often blundered, and this from the...
Sincerely, I am afraid this is a modern reproduction. I have never seen such a perfectly circular flan for a Roman denarius. It is machine made......
[ATTACH] Alexander the great AR Tetradrachm, Tyre mint, Tyre. Dated RY 25 of Azemilkos (325-324 BC), Price (Ake) 3262. As found ! rev.: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ...
In the 70s I have been visiting natural wildlife reserves in Kenya and Tanzania. In a lodge in the wild I bought myself as a souvenir an old spear...
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