The only collectible coins I usually find are in Coinstar reject bins (mostly various foreign coins, with an occasional silver Roosevelt dime)....
Nice, it looks like it still has most of the original silvering! Good luck with cleaning that coin, and let us know how it turns out.
For this post, I'm discussing two separate recent coin purchases: [ATTACH] 1. Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Phraates III (c.70-57 BC). Ekbatana...
It's from the Indian state of Kutch, dated 1934 AD/ 1990 VS (there is also a 1934 AD/ 1991 VS variety), denomination is 3 dokda, Y#57. A common...
Here's a sestertius of Vespasian with Roma reverse. I'm going with Vespasian's death because he (reportedly) managed to keep his jocular wit...
One of my coins has not yet arrived, so I had to use the seller's photo (see below). As always, the ordering is not very precise. [ATTACH] 1....
Thanks for posting this. I collect Roman coins with references to Parthia but was not aware of this type, now I have something new to search for!
Photos are blurry, but from what I can see the piece looks suspiciously cast. I hope you didn't spend much on it. (And I also recommend posting...
I just got this coin, an 1808 5 Lire of the Kingdom of Italy, featuring Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte) moonlighting as the King...
For reading Sasanian mintmarks: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=sasanian%20mints For reading the years on Sasanian coins:...
The tiniest gold coins I know of are Indian fanams, some sell for under $50. Here's the search results for VCoins:...
Yes, that's the dynasty. Unfortunately, as I mentioned all the kings of this dynasty used the same inscription, so it's impossible to attribute...
I think it's from the kingdom of the Maitrakas of Valabhi, c.470-800 AD. This seems to be of the later part of the period (based on the style of...
Right now I'm reading this: [ATTACH] "The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine", by Lindsey...
Great post David! I just posted the coin a couple of weeks ago, but since nobody's posted this mint yet, here we go: Seleukos I, from Babylon...
I don't have any Commodus tets, but I do have a Virginia halfpenny (purchased from Ephesus Numismatics at the Baltimore show a couple of years...
This recent purchase was inexpensive, but it has a lot of history behind it. [ATTACH] Khwarezmshahs. "Malik of Kurzuwan." AE jital (3.5 g, 19...
I have this denarius of Octavian featuring a crazy spiral lituus: [ATTACH]
I saw this menu in a restaurant in Lima, Peru in 2011. See if you can spot the problems: [ATTACH]
Your photos are rather blurry, but what I can see is not encouraging. I would suggest a) taking better-focused photos, and then b) posting in the...
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