WOW another great historic write up, and love your new denarius. I look forward to these write ups of yours, learn a lot from each one. Thanks.
Love the patina, clear Griffin and Kantharos another great little coin.
Terrific write up, and great little coin. Congrats.
Looks like a bargain, can't wait to see them posted separately with their own thread. Did you manage to work out who the portrait was?
Great coin SA, I especially like the obverse portrait and it looks like a lot jammed into that legend...:)
Both nice coins, the top one has a terrific patina and great detail on the Nikopolis ad Istrum.
Thanks, yours is nice like it is.
Thanks RC, like yours a beautiful patina really makes ancient coins more interesting.
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I haven't got to many Greek coins but I reckon these Akagras Crab bronze and silver fit the bill.[ATTACH]
Nice coin, I like your collecting strategy you can also buy more if condition is not important. As long as there is enough detail to attribute the...
Thanks Albert, yes it was the reverse that attracted me to the coin, actually it was in another coin forum somebody showed this coin in a current...
I was lucky in a recent auction to pick this Pontus, Neocaesarea AE29 at a very good price as usually sell for a lot more in this condition. All...
Very nice coin, great portrait with good detail. Off to a good start for 2018.
Yes definitely better than your first, lot more detail. The centering let's it down a touch.
That's one great coin you got there Bing, excellent upgrade with strong detail.
Great coins, especially like the Mt Argaeus reverse and the patina on the Valerian Tet is terrific. Good pick ups.
I haven't any Indo Greeks to share, but when I see terrific coins like yours and Alegandron's it sparks my interest.
Great denarius, excellent detail and good weight for that era.
Welcome to CT, that is a great coin to start your ancient collection.
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