Very nice coin. The "star", I believe, would be Caesar's comet (?). Perhaps Antony's way of telling Octavian "We may be on the same coin, but...
Second Triumvirate: Mark Antony and Octavian, AR Denarius, magistrate M. Barbatius Pollio, Ephesus mint, Spring-Summer 41 BC, Sear 1504, RSC 8,...
Indian Princely States, Awadh: Nawab Wajid Ali Shah (AH1263-1272/1847-1856 AD), AR Rupee, AH1269/Ry. 6, Bait al-Sultanate Lakhnau Mulk Awadh...
Looking at the first relief above, the king/hero seems to have gone all Arya Stark on the lion. :-) [ATTACH]
A fraction of a second after the crafty lion has kicked that soccer ball: [ATTACH] The lion also seems to be holding a rather large shield in the...
This one could go into a martial arts manual. The classic pressure point strike to the underarm followed by a right punch to the head. :-D
Wow! The griffin is doing even better than the lion. That mean uppercut into the armpit looks instant KO. :-D
The reverse of these tiny 1/16 Shekels from Sidon is supposed to depict a Persian king or hero about to slay a lion. However, on most coins I have...
I loved going through this thread. Glad to hear the stolen coins from the original post were finally recovered. While I am no stranger to “lost”...
I had always wanted a coin depicting Napoleon, and was pleasantly surprised that they were within reach price-wise when I finally picked up some...
Almost all my bids got blow away by a huge margin, but I am very happy to have got a lot of Islamic coins for 75 Chf. At least 4 of the 9 coins in...
Finally photographed. (4.04 g, 23 mm) [ATTACH]
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Perhaps a badly engraved bull/water buffalo. Alternatively a Gaur (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaur). Actually looks like a cross between an...
That is a very well preserved portrait for a bronze of this type! My brain just can't see the reverse right, reversing the positive and negative...
Very nice. These larger bronze coins almost always have more wear on the portrait. In particular, the nose gets worn flat, making the whole...
Thessaly, Larissa (c. 344-337 BC), AR Obol, Herrmann Group VII, pl. V, 19; SNG Copenhagen 135 (10 mm, 0.99 g) Obverse: Head of the nymph Larissa...
Despite the resemblance to Brahmi “Bha”, I very much doubt if it is intended to be as such. For one, Indian coinage at the time consisted of...
Adding one of mine. Not sure what happened to the reverse lettering: left-over metal from previous strikes clogging the die? The portrait has some...
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