Very nice! Ardashir I has a great portrait (several of them, in fact, at different points in his career). Here he is on an obol: [ATTACH]
The top trilobite is definitely Elrathia, and in Utah it is found in large numbers in the Wheeler Formation which dates to the Cambrian Period, c....
I won this a couple of months ago, but haven't gotten around to posting it until now: [ATTACH] Roman Empire. AR denarius (17 mm, 3.01 g). Emesa...
The smallest coin in the group looks like a fractional silver dirham of the Amirs of Sind, who ruled a territory in what is now Pakistan from...
Very cool! I don't have a Gong coin, but I do have one of the Yuan type I bought from Frank Robinson a few years ago: [ATTACH]
Looks like it's in honor of the Cyrus Cylinder, an important archaeological artifact/document from the Achaemenid Persian Empire:...
Republic of China (Taiwan), 1 yuan, dated Year 62 of the Republic (1973 AD). Y#36.
Here's a recent win from a John Anthony auction: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm (3.9 g, 20 mm). Mithradates III (c.57-54 BC)....
Since this thread seems near its end, it seems appropriate to add my posthumous issue of Antoninus Pius, which shows his funeral pyre on the...
I don't recall seeing a patina that bright blue, though I've seen a few copper patinas that are definitely blue-green. Copper sulfate is blue, so...
My gut instinct (and others more knowledgeable are welcome to correct me) is that it's at least partly due to the gradual decline in daily...
Definitely a Julio-Claudia emperor, my gut call is Augustus but I could easily be wrong. A photo of the other side might help.
I have several issues of Faustina Junior with her babies, but since nice examples have already been posted I'll instead go with Antonia Minor, the...
[ATTACH] This is a denarius of the Roman emperor Augustus (27 BC- 14 AD). Exact prices are hard to find for ancient times, but here's what I've...
Here's another of my recent auction wins: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Persis mint. AR diobol (13 mm, 1.35 g). Pakoros II (c. 78-120 AD)....
@Alegandron: Thanks, but the OP coin belongs to @DBDc80, not to me. It's a very cool coin, and I'd certainly welcome it in my collection, but it...
@Mountain Man: Thanks for the photo and link. I can see why the triangular hole would stick in your mind- I don't recall seeing that on any other...
I am puzzled. If it is indeed a 1930s Shanghai telephone token, why does the inscription on the obverse read "Qian Long Tong Bao" (current coin...
Another recent auction win, of a coin I've been seeking for some time: [ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian, Eastern Sistan series. AR drachm (31 mm, 3.34 g)....
The later Persis types featuring ancestor portrait on the reverse do seem to be less common overall than the earlier types featuring fire altars...
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