Circe and Odysseus, white-ground lekythos by the Athena Painter, ca. 490–480 BCE. From Eretria. National Archaeological Museum in Athens. [ATTACH]...
Roadie decided to help me at my desk when I was packaging some stuff to mail this afternoon. He’s an affectionate little guy, with a strong purr...
Was Circe featured on any ancient coins? I know she was on Greek vases and such. Ladymarcovan got a call from No Kill Glynn County recently....
:) Greece (Thrace, Pantakapaion): bronze Æ21, ca. 310-303 BC [IMG] Obverse: Bearded head of satyr (or the god Pan) right. Reverse: Forepart of...
Can't go wrong at four bucks a pop, I reckon. @mrweaseluv has a cool "$20-and-under" large cent collection. If he gives you the thumbs-up,...
Wow!
I've never had one. Seen them at shows, and think they're neat, but they'd cause a devil of a dilemma for my slabbed collection! :P
Sounds plausible to me. I don't read Persian at all, but the roundness of it does seem to indicate it's no earlier than the late-19th century or...
Unless there are modern fantasies? I know practically nothing about bullet money. FWIW, what I see there in the pictures looks plausible enough...
@chuckylucky5 beat me to it. Thai bullet money. I would not have been able to identify the ruler, as he did. Edit to add: here's the Wiki link...
Edit... hmm... no, this is the type I was thinking of, but they were struck in nickel, not aluminum.
I thought there was a (1970s? '80s?) 20-franc(?) in aluminum. Dang, now I gotta go browse Numista...
Italy (Venice): silver grosso of Antonio Venier, ca. 1382-1400 [ATTACH]
Yes, but I can think of any half-dollarish sized aluminum coins with the Semeuse design, can you? There might be. I just don't remember.
I see your post on the other forum now.
That's a nice example. I got a biggish bulk lot of French stuff not long ago, heavy on aluminum pieces like shown, including Vichy and mid-20th...
Meow might in fact have had a piece of silver there, though I think there were also some later uses of the same classic "Semeuse" (Sower) design...
I had not yet seen this post when I made my previous reply. That's even more interesting, and somewhat encouraging. As previously mentioned, I...
That trident is indeed the symbol of the modern nation of Ukraine, and appears on some of their present-day coins....
That's a great bulk-bag cherrypick!
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