[ATTACH] (Two coins) Kuninda. AE reduced karshapanas (late 1st century BCE- 80 CE). Obverse: Deer facing right, goddess standing, Brahmi legend...
Here's three more coins I picked up from the $2 junk box at the show in March. First, Italy, 10 centesimi, 1894, mintmark BI (Birmingham). In...
Reminds me of the Ankh-Morpork "Nearly Gold Dollar" from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. The dollar coin in Ankh-Morpork is not made of gold,...
A couple of years ago, at the Baltimore Whitman show, I was at an ancient dealer's table looking at a Parthian tetradrachm. I had taken the coin...
[ATTACH] Kushan Kingdom. Gandhara mint. AE reduced tetradrachm (10.38 g). Huvishka (c.158- 195 CE). Obverse: King on elephant-back facing right,...
[ATTACH] Coin 1. Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Phraates III (c.70-57 BC). Mithradatkart mint. Obverse: Diademed bust left with short beard....
Another coin from the March junk box: Bhutan, deb rupee (half rupee), no date, struck c. 1835-1910. This is a rather crude coin for the 19th...
Here's part of my world coin junk box haul from the March Baltimore Whitman show. France, 10 centimes, 1854 W (Lille mint): [ATTACH] Napoleon III...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Osroes II (c. 190- 208 CE). Obverse: Bust of king left, wearing diadem and tiara. Reverse: Degraded...
[ATTACH] Yutian Kingdom, Khotan. AE 6 zhu (3.35 g). In the name of Gurgamoya (c.30- 60 CE), posthumously struck c. 2nd- 3rd century CE....
Second coin is Taiwan (Republic of China), 1 dollar, year 49 of the Republic (1960 AD). Bottom photo is upside down.
@lordmarcovan : Yes, the fact that Chinese coins were cast makes it even harder- finding signs of casting on a coin do nothing to tell you whether...
[ATTACH] China, State of Zhao. AE square foot spade (4.04 g, 42 mm tall). Obverse: Inscription in Chinese "An Yang". Reverse: Lines. Hartill...
I had not been planning to go to the spring Whitman Coin Expo in Baltimore (I usually only attend the fall show), but I noticed that I had a)...
I concur with @GinoLR, that possible edge seam especially does not look good.
Here's an Italian 10 centesimi from 1893 featuring King Umberto I and his magnificent walrus 'stache: [ATTACH]
I'll start with my avatar coin. It's a tetradrachm of the Parthian king Artabanos IV (c.10- 38 CE). With his long, shaggy, hair, drooping...
[ATTACH] Cilician Armenia. AR tram. Levon (Leo) I, as king (1198-1219). Obverse: King enthroned, Armenian legend around "Levon King of the...
I found this Ghanian coin in a washing machine in my apartment building a few years ago. Guess someone had an interesting vacation. [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] Judaea. AE prutah. Alexander Jannaeus (Yehonatan) (103- 76 BCE). Obverse: Wreath with 5-line Hebrew inscription "YeHoNATaN Ha-KoHeN...
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