Are you sure Severus Alexander wasn't just a hipster trying to grow a Van Dyke goatee? :) Cool coin.
And I would point out that @Alegandron's tetradrachm is a lovely coin, full of motion and vitality. Check out that reverse- it looks like Phillip...
Well, if the coin in post 10 makes you "the chump that's stumped", that makes two of us. Definitely looks like it is from somewhere in India, but...
Tough one, but I prefer @panzerman's entry, mainly because I love coins of the Sasanians, Kushans, and Kushno-Sasanians. Not to mention the...
It's definitely from Thailand, but I'm not very good with these- someone should come along soon to give the denomination and date.
The ID to Baroda is correct, your coin is dated 1948 in the Vikrama Samvat era which is 1891 AD. If that coin flip is half dollar size, then you...
Here's a Parthian double-struck drachm of Orodes II (57-38 BC): [ATTACH]
Looks like you're off to a good start, and you're doing everything right. I like that first batch of Roman coins, that is a nice nucleus for a...
My most recently acquired ancient coin, from the latest Triskeles/ Vauctions sale: [ATTACH] Achaemenid Empire. AR siglos (5.44 g, 13 x 15 mm)....
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