Having sorted through those with a definite ID, and dropping a couple that are hopelessly worn, I am left with the four below still to get - they...
Thank you very much everyone for your help - much appreciated! Apologies to Doug for being a bit impatient - it was late evening here, I had had a...
Thanks Mat for the correction! I saw the FL, and persuaded myself that the rest read acilla, but I can see now it is probably Fl Helena. Thanks again.
Like all war zones 99.9% boredom and 0.1% sheer terror! Picking up coins in the dust helped to relieve the former.
Well I am disappointed only Ripley seems interested! I thought these were interesting! :confused: Anyway, here are the most interesting (in my...
I posted a group of Byzantine coins that were brought to me at a coin fair on Sunday earlier on this forum. At the same time I got a larger group...
Sounds like a variation on the theme of the Monkey's Paw - one of the scariest short stories ever written:...
I saw this article on the BBC and thought it worth sharing with fellow coin collectors: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21572359
Thanks Medoraman - here are some better pics of the two you asked about. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
This group was brought to me at a coin fair yesterday - I know nothing of these things, and I have no book to help me. I paid money for them on a...
Five that I have posted before. I love these things - all the periods wyvern has described - so much history and local info:...
I have posted these before, but they are all I have in this line so far. Aethelred and Cnut. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
Hmmm! Grilled Scout - 'licious! :devil:
Superb coin Phil - and definitely an interesting history. It is startling how much history can be pieced together for events over 1000 years ago....
Thanks again Doug - that is a lot of info to absorb, and I hope you have enjoyed the intellectual challenge? I will pass all the above onto Karen...
Hi Doug - Thanks for that, that is brilliant and just the sort of info I was after! My coin indeed has the dish shaped effect of being cast, and I...
It is similar to the Indian Rupee, but the design is closer to the genuine Gothic Crown - see below. But there are lots of copies around, and the...
3:1 to Hadrian at the moment! Anyone help me with the date? $50 seems quite a lot to me! I will probably let her have it cheaper than that as it...
Hi Bing - Looks like you might be right! The chap who told me Hadrian was so certain I never questioned it. Still interested to know the date and...
I am sure this will be a quick one for all you Ancient adepts out there. I picked up this in a job lot a few weeks back. I am told it is a Hadrian...
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