Not sure there is an Aramaic letter behind Antiochus' neck. It could be just a lock of hair. Look at this Alexander Zabinas tetradrachm: he has a...
Nice antoninianus, but what do you think about the sestertius? The laurel wreath and the name AEMILIANV seem much tooled. Are you sure it was a...
[ATTACH] Another one with Sol on the reverse.
More seriously, in the Middle East when a hoard is found and secured by the authorities, they sometimes make an inventory and stick on each coin a...
A real unbelievable WTF story, but true! Ancient coins dealers use the same methods as drugs or arms traffickers. To detect hidden drugs or...
It's not Monday, I know, it's Tuesday but here are two medieval Armenian coins [ATTACH] Armenia, Hethum II (1289-1306), AE kardez, AE 22mm....
A simpulum, OK... I first believed it was a toilet seat. Pontius Pilatus paid much attention to hygiene. [IMG] OK, sorry... :(...
[ATTACH] Trajan, quadrans Obv.: IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM, bust of Hercules lauretate wearing lion-skin, right Rev.: boar walking right, exergue S...
[ATTACH] Commodus, sestertius, Rome 181-2 Obv.: MCOMMODVS ANTONINVSAVG Rev.: TRP VIII IMP IIII COS III P P / S C - Annona standing left, holding...
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Congrats ! That's interesting.
Very interesting reverse. Domitian just copied the reverse and the formula of Vespasian and Titus' sestertii celebrating the victory against the...
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A handful of AE drachms of Elymais, plus one AE tetradrachm [ATTACH] I know nothing about those kings of Elymais... These coins were probably...
a bric à brac shop in Crete? pocket money? Red flags, to me.
Good question. We should check the ancient texts to see which denomination the authors mention.
No problem they look 100% authentic.
I am sorry for your relatives who fell victims of this drug trafficking scourge. Going after dishonest auctioneers and dealers who falsify...
(None of these coins are mine, it's just a draft for a paper) The one-humped camel was domesticated in Arabia in the Neolithic period and reached...
March-April 1305 ! Bravo and all my sincere thanks !!!
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