This is a bronze dichalkoi from Parthia (which controlled Persia for a couple of centuries during the time of the Roman Empire)- my avatar photo...
It's a Byzantine bronze follis, of the "Anonymous" type c.1000 AD. These can be attributed to specific emperors; if you post over on the Ancients...
This fake Parthian fooled me early in my numismatic career, and I've kept it ever since as a reminder to check every coin carefully: [ATTACH]...
Vespasian is one of my favorite emperors. Here's a bronze Alexandrine diobol of his featuring Isis on the reverse: [ATTACH]
Here's my biggest coin purchase of the last couple of months (in terms of value, coin weight, and adding a new area to my collection): [ATTACH]...
Well, I've never dreamed about eating my coins, but yes, I have had a few dreams featuring coins. Usually the dream is just me finding a bunch of...
Here's the first of my two wins from Frank Robinson's most recent auction: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Vologases IV (147-191 AD)....
It's a late Roman bronze coin of the emperor Constans (337-350 AD), part of the pre-reform bronze coinage issued 337-348 AD. Reverse shows two...
Here's my Trajan sestertius with Regna Adsignata reverse, posing alongside its description in Seth Stevenson's Dictionary of Roman Coins...
A bit hard to see, but from what I can see all of these look to be modern replicas. Worth maybe a few dollars total, as a curiosity.
It's a modern cast copy, so entombing it in Lucite didn't really decrease the value by much...
@H8_modern : No problem borrowing my write-up (as long as you attribute it to me), I'm glad you found it useful. I like your coin, it is worn...
Modern copy, unfortunately. It's imitating a Chinese coin of the Jia Qing emperor (1796-1820). I think the mintmark is supposed to be Board of...
Another sign that this is a modern fake: on the obverse, note the pebbly appearance of the field- lots of small raised dots. I've seen this on a...
I've seen several CNG listings of ancient coins with a Renaissance counterstamp of an eagle, that has been interpreted as marking the coin as part...
Fun fact: a current, mint-state US nickel (5 cent coin) weighs 5.00 grams. I have used this fact more than once when I needed to calibrate a...
Here's my Kanishka featuring goddess Nanaia: [ATTACH] And one I posted a full write up of recently, of Kujula Kadphises: [ATTACH]
Here's my anonymous Axumite coin (my only Axum coin so far): [ATTACH]
Cool, my only late Roman silver is this siliqua of Arcadius (383-408): [ATTACH]
For a brief general overview of the Parthian series, I like the page on Forum:...
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