The 1780 coin is a Maria Theresa thaler, originally struck in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. These have been copied (usually in good silver) in...
You have a copy of an ancient coin of Gela in Sicily. Notice on the reverse, under the horse, it even says "copy". Hope the other coins you...
Portrait reminds me of Hadrian, and the reverse seems to be Year 3, but our Alexandrian specialists should be along shortly...
Both look like they're based on late Kushan designs, with the king standing on obverse and Siva with bull on reverse. These were issued in many...
I'm not 100% sure but I think that Filastin is the same as Iliya Filastin, which would leave us with two unaccounted for, if someone (i.e. not me)...
Looking in my old copy of Album, I find listings for Halab (Aleppo), Dimashq (Damascus), Hims (Emisa), Tanukh, Sarmin, Ma'arat Masrin, Amman,...
I have a fondness for Vespasian- he seems the most approachable of the Twelve Caesars. He's the emperor I would most want to have a beer with. A...
High fives all around! [ATTACH]
The Italian coin is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the unification of Italy. One of my favorite Italian coins of the early 20th century:...
@StephKauai: Bottom coin is an Indo-Scythian drachm, not sure which king but I can make out the control marks of the Taxila mint. The other two...
I have several coins of Trajan, but will limit myself to what is probably my favorite, the Rex Parthis Datus sestertius which commemorates...
There are a few Parthian bronzes with Greek deities on the reverse, mainly because there was a significant Hellenized population in many of the...
I think your coin is from late in the Kidarite kingdom of Central Asia (roughly Afghanistan/Uzbekistan-ish area) around 5th-6th century AD. For...
The obverse has the reign title of Jia Qing (1796-1820). However, charms were sometimes made with old reign titles long after the fact, as a sign...
From left to right: Showa 56 (1981), Showa 60 (1985), Showa 57 (1982).
Unfortunately, it looks like you have the far more common Y#190 variety. Type C #19-7 was the last cash coin from the Guangdong mint to be cast...
Very nice OP coin! I have an 1891 that is not quite as nice. All hail King Baby! [ATTACH]
Here's my first coin purchased in 2018: [ATTACH] Bruttium, Brettian League (c.211-208 BC). AE Unit (obol?) (22mm, 8.3g). Obverse: Bust of Zeus...
The only scarcer Empress I have is Antonia Minor, who was (deep breath) the daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia, niece of Augustus, sister-in-law...
Collectors of US Civil War tokens will be familiar with this famous type: The reverse legend reads "shoot him on the spoot" rather than "spot"....
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