@FitzNigel: Why does the elephant have a bell? So you can hear it sneaking up on you, of course. @TIF: Your coin looks like it's in the correct...
Ardashir I: [ATTACH] AR obol c.226-240 AD obv: Ardashir I bust right, wearing Parthian-style tiara, Pahlavi inscription rev: Zoroastrian...
I have that book, and another by the same author titled "Greek, Semitic, and Asiatic Coins and How to Read Them" and can vouch for their...
I just acquired this Italian 10 centesimi. It's a circulating commemorative from 1911, issued for the 50th anniversary of the founding of the...
I'm not willing to hazard a guess based on that photo, but if it is 1777, then your coin is not an official issue- Great Britain stopped issuing...
You should definitely get those bumps on your dong looked at by a doctor.
Archaeologists have put out an all-points bulletin for this man: [ATTACH]
This sestertius of Marcus Aurelius isn't in great condition, but the reverse does show Victory inscribing a shield with "VIC PAR" to commemorate...
Glad to help! Your initial guess of China was very reasonable, since older coins of Japan (and also Korea, Vietnam, and a few other places) used...
Japan, 1 mon. This type (inscription "Kanei tsuho") with plain reverse is from 1626-1769.
Here's a bronze of Ardashir V of Persis (c. 212-224 AD): [ATTACH] Unfortunately, it illustrates one reason that facing busts are not often used...
The coin on the right is an early Post-Reform fals from the Umayyad Caliphate, quite early in the Muslim series c. 690- 750 AD. Unfortunately,...
Here's a double-struck Parthian coin, a drachm of Orodes II (57- 38 BC): [ATTACH] The extra face (actually it would have to have been the first...
Well, I've been looking through online photos of Edward II and Edward III pennies to see if I could notice any differences. (I've now ruled out...
To be honest, my attempt at attributing this was so long ago that I've forgotten why I ruled out Edward I. If you think it's likely to be him...
I have a small silver medieval coin that I've partially identified, but I'd like some help if possible to narrow it down even further. Here's the...
Happy Birthday, Bing! May you find a big pile of coins: [ATTACH]
I recently had my DNA ancestry checked. From family history, I knew that my mother's family was Sicilian on both sides (with possibly a bit of...
Oh, you think you've stooped low? Check out this beauty: [ATTACH] That's a sestertius of Trajan, RIC 667. I got it because the reverse is...
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