Very nice examples. Collecting ancient coins with references to mythology is the closest I have come to a “thematic” collection. (My collecting...
Crete, Knossos, c. 300-270 BC, Æ13, Svoronos, Numismatique 77, no. 93; B.M Cameron Plate 49, 27 (1.96 g, 13 mm) Probably the most famous legend...
Despite the resemblance, I don’t think the upper part of the stylized lotus was meant to represent a bucranium.
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Nice coin. Looks to be from the same die as this one on Zeno: https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=50270
Mughal Dynasty: Shah Jahan (AH1037-1068, 1628-1658 AD), AR Rupee, Multan mint, AH1060/Ry 24, KM#235.19 (11.47 g) Complete mint name in the left...
India, Gupta Dynasty: Chandagupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) (c. 380-414 AD), AV Dinara, Archer type, Shivlee A4 (7.65 g, 18.89 mm) Obverse:...
I process images on my Laptop and combine them using Paint as well. When I have to use the phone/tablet, sites such as this one help:...
Try keeping the iPhone over a stack of books for maximum stability and same-sized obverse and reverse images. You can use the earphones as a...
Indo-Greek: Menander I (c. 160-130 BC), Bilingual AR Drachm, "Heroic" spear-thruster type, Bop. 13J, MIG 224e, Bop 7A (2.43 g, 16 mm) Obverse:...
I think the "star" has to be a representation of the the Sun god Elagabal, which was worshipped as the meteorite "stone of Emesa".
Adding another specimen. On this one, we can clearly see a spherical object behind the rays of the "star". Elagabalus (8 June 218-11 March 222),...
Here is my 18.25 USD horn silver infested super ugly Otho. I haven’t been able to get an upgrade so far. I got it as a bulk lot of 4 Denarii at...
Congrats. I hope to get a Tyrian Shekel some day. It is one of those “jinxed” types I have bid on countless times but never won.
Roman Empire: Nerva (18 Sep 96-27/28 Jan 98), AR Denarius, January, 98 AD, Sear 3032, RIC 47, RSC 95, BMC 72 (3.14 g, 18 mm) Nerva's fourth...
In the later part of his reign, Commodus began to show signs of megalomania. He may well have been unhinged by the continual attempts on his life....
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Roman Republic: L. Titurius L. f. Sabinus, AR Denarius, 89 BC, Sear 289, Cr344/1a, Syd 698 (3.96 g) The Sabines were the women of the Sabine...
Akbar (AH963-1014, 1556-1605 AD), AE Nisfi (Half Dam), Kabul mint, Ilahi year 33, KM#23.4 (10.33 g, 18.42 mm) Obverse: Falus Kabul (copper coin...
Adding another draco: Trajan Decius (249-251 AD), AR Antoninianus, Rome mint, AD 250-51, Sear 9368 (3.5 g, 21 mm) Obverse: IMP C M Q TRAIANVS...
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