Nice coins Doug, I think my favorite is the Caligula- I have always had a soft spot for the Roman Provincial Spain style. Here's a Khusro II...
My capricorn denarius of Divus Vespasian is not as nice as @zumbly's example, so instead here's one featuring a tensa (a specially decorated...
That funny-looking Persian king also shows up on some bronze issues. Here he is on a bronze from an uncertain mint in Asia Minor: [ATTACH] And...
Here's another of my recent auction wins (note: some historical text recycled from a 2017 post about another Phraates IV coin): [ATTACH]...
Agree that both are not original coins. Top one has an unusual obverse of Qianlong (1736-95) with "yuan bao" (first or original coin) rather than...
I don't have anything substantive to add, just wanted to thank you for such an interesting and well-researched article.
Thanks @Roman Collector for the thorough write-up, I am convinced. Lucilla seems to have been a real beauty, if we believe her coins: [ATTACH]...
The Japanese coins are correctly ID'd thanks to @Stork. The remaining three coins are all from China, during the last dynasty, the Qing or...
As promised, I am starting to post my latest round of auction wins, so I will begin with what I think is the most interesting piece: [ATTACH]...
Very nice coin @Sulla80 ! Parthian fractional silver is definitely a very niche area, but I enjoy it, and I think that if one makes passionate...
If you look closely at the reverse, Victory is inscribing a shield "VIC PAR" in honor of Roman victory over Parthia. This type was used by...
I don't collect a lot of medieval coins, but a few have made their way into my collection over the years. I just posted this coin of Armenian...
@dougsmit : Bob L. has already given a good description of Assar vs. Sellwood/Shore attributions for your coins, there's not much for me to add...
Still working through a few coins from months ago, trying to catalogue them before my latest auction wins arrive... anyway, hope you enjoy this...
@ancient coin hunter : Frank's result page is here: http://www.fsrcoin.com/results108.htm @dougsmit : The only Parthian coins I bid on this time...
Just checked the results, looks like I won five coins (three Parthian, two Sasanian), including one that is especially interesting and worthy of...
Very nice! I have an obol of Eukratides, not nearly as much heft but still a very attractive design: [ATTACH]
The only siliqua in my collection is this Arcadius: [ATTACH]
Since "ancients" is a huge area of numismatics, there is no one "Red Book" catalogue that can cover the whole field in any depth. "Syd" refers to...
Cool! I've bid on a few examples of Kanishka Buddha AE when I see them at auction, but I've never been committed enough to place a high enough...
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