I recently decided to take a chance and bid on a group lot in a CNG auction. Here's the photo and description from the sale (CNG Auction 408, lot...
I won this coin a few weeks ago in the $15 "bargain bin" section of a John Anthony auction: [ATTACH] Indo-Greek Kingdom. Philoxenos (c. 100-95...
I have a Nerva denarius but haven't photographed it; but here are the other four. Trajan: [ATTACH] Hadrian: [ATTACH] Antoninus Pius: [ATTACH]...
One of several LRBs I picked from a $3.00 junk box, but the first one I was able to identify, purchased in 1992/3: [ATTACH]
@DBDc80 : Nice OP coin, it is from the Ecbatana mint (modern Hamadan, Iran). @chrsmat71 : Another nice drachm, but your coin is of Orodes I (c....
Well, G and C were pretty interchangeable in early Latin- see Gaius/Caius etc.- so maybe it's just a pronunciation variant. Or maybe the celator...
Looks like @Bob L. was slightly faster typing than I was. The fake he shows looks like a match for yours, which is as definitive as you could...
Modern copy. The high relief is okay (ancient Greeks were not afraid of coins that couldn't stack), but at you correctly note, it's too perfectly...
I don't know if mintage figures have survived from the Song dynasty, but Hartill does quote some figures from the Qian Long reign (1736-95)....
At the Walters Art Museum here in Baltimore, there is a permanent exhibit called the Chamber of Wonders that recreates the sort of collection that...
[ATTACH] Crusader States, Principality of Antioch. Bohemund III (1163-1201 AD). Billon denier (19mm, 1.0g). Obverse: Bust left, wearing chain...
Most of my empresses are on the stern side, but I have always found this Lucilla beautiful: [ATTACH]
Cool! I've recently gotten interested in early (pre-Hellenistic) Phoenician coins, and I picked up this didrachm of Tyre similar to your second...
I've got this unofficial Constantine I with reverse of two Victories and altar: [ATTACH]
It is in Pahlavi (the type of Persian script used by the Sasanians, and distinct from modern Persian [Farsi]) and says "Afid" (Praise). This is...
Nice write-up @AnYangMan ! Here's my Yuan coin, as requested: [ATTACH]
Wow, this is my first contribution to be a Featured Article! Thanks for the honor. @Ed Snible : I agree, the workmanship on such small coins is...
Thanks for the review! I haven't seen this book yet, but I have been using David Hartill's books on Chinese and Japanese coinage and found those...
I recently won this coin at a CNG auction: [ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR obol (14.5mm, 0.70g). Ardashir I (c.224-240 AD). Obverse: King's bust...
Here's a couple of Marcus Aurelius sestertii, one with a reverse commemorating victory in Parthia and the other showing the restoration of Italy:...
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