Looks like they're all Roman, the top one is the emperor Trajan (98- 117 AD), second from top is Roman Republic. You should post these photos...
Concur with Hispanicus on both removing from the holders for better photos, and posting to the Ancients section for more responses. All your...
Neat! Question: On the colonial 5 pesos, does the "PLATA" counterstamp on the reverse mean that someone turned it in for its value in silver coin?
Congrats to Ancient Aussie! Hard for me to pick just one favorite coin, but if pressed I might choose this tetradrachm of the Parthian king...
Very nice, looks like they are wearing a Parthian bashlyk or similar headgear.
Here's my provincial AE of Elagabalus from Berytus (modern Beirut, Lebanon), with a reverse featuring Marsyas standing in a temple: [ATTACH]
My only Carthaginian coin is this Siculo-Punic bronze: [ATTACH]
O Canada... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I also had a bit of a delay in receiving my Artabanos II facing bust tetradrachm from Agora 66, but I did get a phone call from Alfredo (which...
First coin resembles a silver tetradrachm of Eucratides I of Bactria (170-145 BC), but this type has been extensively faked. I can't tell from...
Your token is very similar (though not identical) to the piece catalogued as #4741 in Michael Mitchiner's "Oriental Coins and Their Values, Volume...
My gut reaction is fake, but I'm not a specialist in medieval so I could very well be wrong. I'm tagging @FitzNigel as he specializes in medieval...
Yep, what @Sallent said, leave all that worthless Eastern stuff alone. Definitely don't go looking for anything like these: [ATTACH]
I don't have a comparable coin, so please enjoy this Hymn to Nemesis, written by Mesomedes of Crete, a freedman of the emperor Hadrian (the...
Thanks for sharing, @Loong Siew. I'm impressed by your collection; my understanding is that all of the 12 Antique Cash are quite rare and...
Well, I have an actual Star Trek coin, from Liberia (of course) 1995, issued in honor of the movie Star Trek: Generations" and featuring both...
Normans in Calabria, Roger I (1072-1101 AD), AE trifollaro. Obverse shows the king on horseback, reverse shows Virgin Mary seated with baby Jesus...
I have just one coin of Chach, the Tarnavch with snow leopard type that I picked up on a whim at the Baltimore show a couple of years ago:...
Here's my rather less impressive numismatic library: (These are just the books specifically about coins, not general works on ancient history,...
Here is an example from my collection, the couple are shown in less detail (they could just be practicing their wrestling moves, for all you can...
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