Here's another coin I won in the latest Frank Robinson auction: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AE chalkon (10 mm). Vologases VI (208- c.228 AD)....
The usual definition I've seen for coins is that "ancient" covers everything up to the end of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476, "medieval"...
Here's my only Roman Republic bronze, a semis from c. 211-207 BC, featuring a bust of Saturn: [ATTACH]
The fourth coin is from the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, founded by Ptolemy I (a general of Alexander the Great) in 305 BC and lasting until the...
All right, in that case I retract my suggestion of imitation. Byzantine, 12 nummi, Alexandria mint, either Justin I or Justinian I (the key part...
Looks like a dodecanummium (12 nummi) of either Justin I or Justinian I from Alexandria mint. But the style seems rather crude (look especially...
I just received this win from the latest Frank Robinson auction: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Pacorus II (78-105 AD). Ecbatana mint....
@Pellinore: No, I did not have any Sasanian coins in the auction, just Parthian and a couple of related (Indo-Parthian). But I look forward to...
Very nice @Sallent, that's a great "bread-and-butter" coin. I know I've shown it before, but here's my denarius of Hadrian, issued in the first...
Cool! Here's my Lucilla sestertius/denarius combo: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The invaluable parthia.com website has a photo of a 10.10 on this page of Sellwood 10 varieties: http://www.parthia.com/mithradates1.htm#Type_10...
Achaemenid Persia, AR siglos, c. 375-340 BC. Three bankers' marks on obverse: flower, rosebud(?), and knot design. [ATTACH]
I collect mainly ancient coins, but also other coins if they have historical interest, artistic interest, or if I just feel like it :happy:....
Thought I'd share this recent purchase, a lovely little Sasanian obol: [ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR obol (15mm, 0.69g). Shahpur II (309-379...
Well, unless the US coins are miniatures, your piece is way too large for a genuine silver 1 yen. And there are multiple signs of casting (the...
Albania's coins prior to WWII were also minted in Italy and designed by Italian artists, so they also have beautiful classical designs: [ATTACH]...
@TypeCoin971793: Happy Birthday! @LaCointessa: Your coin has the inscription "Ban Liang" (half ounce) in archaic Chinese script, this was used...
Very nice write-up @Bob L., and thanks for the shout-out! My current Parthian collection is just 16 coins, but it does contain one fractional...
Wikipedia mostly agrees with you on the origins of the deity's name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elagabalus_(deity) ...although there "llah...
I've heard the theory that the L abbreviation for year is derived from an Egyptian symbol for "year", in either demotic or hieroglyphic script. I...
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