@Myiarchus : It's a 1943 steel cent. Not worth getting appraised. Based on your username, I'm guessing you're a birder?
First coin is almost certainly Morocco (they used a six-pointed star on crude bronze coins around the 18th-19th centuries). On the obverse, the...
All right, I'm back. This is a Value Two coin (seen from the numeral two at the bottom of the reverse, and also from the diameter). The...
Yes, Korean, standard Sang Pyong Tong Bo obverse. The casting is a lot cruder than normal, however, which is suspicious. I have an online meeting...
I collected US and world coins for a while when I was young (say 6-12 years old). I enjoyed seeing photos of ancient coins in books, and I was...
Nice acquisition! I really like Vonones' drachm design, not just for breaking the relative monotony of the reverse type, but more importantly for...
Robert Graves' "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God" are the obvious but correct first choices. Colleen McCullough wrote several novels in set in...
I have a denarius and an as of Trajan with reverses depicting Arabia with her camel and cinnamon: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Your coin is from Thailand, would need to see other side to figure out exact attribution.
Very nice, it is indeed a Khusro II. I can't make out the date or mint from your photo (a combination of dark toning and slightly out-of-focus...
I don't have any brockages, but I do have a few Parthians with double-struck errors, and those make me happy:happy: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
On closer inspection, I think you are probably right about the manufacture of this piece. That would explain why one side is incuse instead of...
My impression is that this is not a coin, but rather a piece of jewelry meant for a "belly-dancer" (they often use holed coins, or copies of...
Very nice! I have a couple of Sasanian bronzes, here's a pashiz of Khusro II (590-628): [ATTACH] I think building a collection of Sasanian bronze...
Here's my Alexandrian diobol of Vespasian featuring Isis: [ATTACH]
Very nice! I have just the common anonymous type of c.350 AD: [ATTACH]
Number 5 (album toning) is my ideal for what I like my ancient silver to look like. Of course, I will buy anywhere from 1 to 7 if the coin looks...
Northern Song Dynasty, emperor Ren Zong (1022-1063), Huang Song period ( "Imperial Song", issued 1039-1054 according to Hartill). Seal script....
Like most early Islamic coins, it's primarily religious text, mixed with useful info on the issuing authority, mint, date, and what other leaders...
Arabic inscriptions get really crowded when they are written circularly. This coin features two circles of text (plus the center bit) on obverse,...
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