For me, it's a tie between two of Trajan's Parthian War types. The first, "Rex Parthia Datus", commemorates his assigning a puppet-king,...
Oh darn, guess I have to share my scarce, historically important coin again ;): [ATTACH]
@Spargrodan : I wrote about the Domitian possible "Judaea Capta" type a while ago:...
Thanks @Alwin for your post, you found a few nice S.51 Mithradatkart bronze types that I missed. Your suggestion about the sugar loaf is...
Personally I'd go for Commodus 3rd, because I can't resist a well-preserved and nicely-toned ancient bronze. But ultimately you have to decide...
Thanks @Spaniard and @DBDc80 for you input. I did a quick look for S.51 type bronze reverses with the Mithradatkart mintmark and didn't find any...
Welcome @Win Thura Nyunt ! Chinese coins aren't my main area, but I've picked up a few over the years. Here's my collection of coins of Wang...
Sorry about your loss. But it's possible, considering the huge, unsubtle rip, that this wasn't a deliberate theft, but rather that the package...
Another of my recent wins from Pars Coins' auction: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Mithradatkart mint. AE dichalkoi (2.26 g, 15 mm). Phraates IV...
Trajan issued several coin types commemorating his victories against the Parthians, one of which is a sestertius showing Trajan presenting his new...
I'm interested.
Nice coins! Yes, Lucius spent nearly all the campaign in Antioch living the high life, and left the real fighting to his (fortunately very...
It's definitely similar, but Sellwood lists a coin with AP above the horse on reverse, while @dougsmit 's example has MI. I guess I'd list it as...
@Herodotus : On your coin, note that the reverse features a regular horse (rather than Pegasos) and a seven-line legend with the first three lines...
Another one of my recent auction wins: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Rhagae mint. AE tetrachalkoi (3.90 g, 18 mm). Mithradates II (121- 91 BC)....
Here's a provincial AE of Elagabalus, issued at Berytus (Beirut, Lebanon). The reverse shows the satyr Marsyas in a temple, holding a wineskin...
Excellent write-up @Cachecoins , thanks for sharing. I don't collect very much medieval, but I did add an example of this type to my collection a...
Welcome to our club @johnmilton , I checked the by-laws and posthumous portrait issues are perfectly acceptable. Please remember to forward your...
A very nice coin @Sulla80 and excellent write-up. I also have an Indo-Parthian drachm, but the countermark is real (and resembles Phraates IV):...
They sell them for so much because other people will pay that much money. Now, if you want to know why people _buy_ them when it's illegal to...
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