Very nice! Great portrait.
This coin was struck at the Koblenz Mint circa 1365AD. Trier was an Archbishopric/ Kuno II Von Falkenstein 1362-88. obv. Shield within Octolobe...
This 0.86g. piece features the Arms of the Imperial City/ with Pascal Lamb reverse. Struck for Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I of Habsburg. In this...
I counted 246 "dukat" coins in my collection/ that does not include the 20 zecchini coins. Even more fascinating, the first dukats contained...
[ATTACH] Picked up this gem back in 2011. After Sulieman the Magnificent routed the Hungarian army at Mohacs in 1626/ Lajos II (Louis II) was also...
Steve....We had a Colorado Low move in on Sunday, which gave us 21cm. (8 inches) Luckily the ground is still warm, so most melted, today there is...
I used the term, "Roman Empire" from Augustus to Constantine I/ Western Roman Empire/ Eastern Roman Empire, after Constantine divided the old...
Really nice coins, I have nothing from these Emperors...but will try to fix that in future. Sadly, I won a FDC Trajan Decius Aureus/ and a Severus...
I just lost a really nice AV Dukat 1693 Prague Mint/ Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II I bid 2800/ went for 3000EUROS!:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(...
Hate to be a party pooper/ I have never sold any "Ancient coins". I started with these, when I bought a inexpensive mint state AV Solidus...
This is exactly the reason we love this great hobby. The "Master Engravers" are sadly missing in the modern minting facilities...
I agree/ coin has wonderfull detail, neat design! I too would love to add it to my collection.
Just tried it....got all correct/ 866 Great quiz!
Cucumbor/ I agree!!!!! But/ when I started into the butterflies/moths....I was passionate about my collection. Then, I came to the realization...
Thanks for all your nice comments. To answer Doug's interesting question. Dead insects (beetles/butterflies/moths/walking sticks etc.) will last...
Just got first coin from my mega "Butterflies in exchange for Roman Aurei" AV Aureus struck 253/4AD Rome Mint first emission/ 3.90g./21mm. obv....
Those are simply artistic masterpieces! Thanks for posting these treasures:)!!!!!
I really have a urge to get coins that are FDC/mintstate.
From Estados Unidos de Colombia 1863-86 obv. Liberty rev. Condor graded MS-66 ex: Newman Coll.[ATTACH]
NEAT COIN!!!!! Being German/ I can relate to these fascinating coins. German States is almost 1/5 of Friedbergs "Gold Coinage of the World" book....
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