Yes, I had both a bronze and the silver drachm versions (though the drachm was heavily worn and pierced). Now that I have a good quality bronze...
Here's my Numidian, probably Micipsa (though as we discussed here a while ago, for the varieties with no inscription there isn't an obvious way to...
Here's my latest addition to the Parthicus Collection Mark II: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AE tetrachalkon (17mm, 3.91g). Phraates III (70-57...
Awesome OP coin! Guess I can share my Alexandrian tetradrachm of Galba: [ATTACH] And a denarius of Vespasian with his two sons: [ATTACH]
WOW, that's a very generous giveaway, and I like the coin- it fits in with my love of coins that have good "eye appeal" despite not being high...
@Sallent, post 209: Smaller LRB looks like Constans (as Augustus), larger is Valens. The Chinese coin is a Kai Yuan (inscription Kai Yuan Tong...
Welcome @LaCointessa ! Here's my first ancient, bought unidentified for $3 at a local coin shop over 20 years ago: [ATTACH]
Glad you like my coin! It is an Arab-Sasanian AE pashiz, from Bishapur, c.690-710 AD. Obverse shows a facing bust, reverse is a man-headed bull...
So many to choose from... but how about if I just choose @IdesOfMarch01 's Julius Caesar lifetime portrait denarius: [ATTACH]
Here's an imitation of a bronze of Constantine I: [ATTACH]
Both coins are Chinese from the reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795), undated, and made of brass. (Bottom coin, side with four Chinese...
Very cool OP find! I have a hippo bronze, but mine is an Egyptian diobol of Claudius: [ATTACH]
Here's my final win from Frank Robinson's auction: [ATTACH] Roman Provincial. Macedon, Thessalonica. AE 22mm. Claudius (41-54). Obverse: Bust...
Here's another coin I won in the latest Frank Robinson auction: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AE chalkon (10 mm). Vologases VI (208- c.228 AD)....
The usual definition I've seen for coins is that "ancient" covers everything up to the end of the Western Roman Empire in AD 476, "medieval"...
Here's my only Roman Republic bronze, a semis from c. 211-207 BC, featuring a bust of Saturn: [ATTACH]
The fourth coin is from the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, founded by Ptolemy I (a general of Alexander the Great) in 305 BC and lasting until the...
All right, in that case I retract my suggestion of imitation. Byzantine, 12 nummi, Alexandria mint, either Justin I or Justinian I (the key part...
Looks like a dodecanummium (12 nummi) of either Justin I or Justinian I from Alexandria mint. But the style seems rather crude (look especially...
I just received this win from the latest Frank Robinson auction: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Pacorus II (78-105 AD). Ecbatana mint....
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