My new year began with the pleasant surprise of finally having “won” a Julius Caesar portrait denarius at a reasonable price. Turns out biddr...
Crete, Knossos, c. 2nd century BC, Æ12, Svoronos, Numismatique 105; SNG Copenhagen 385 (2.20 g, 12 mm) Probably the most famous legend of Crete...
Mughal Dynasty: Aurangzeb Alamgir (AH1068-1118/1658-1707 AD), AR Rupee, Azimabad (Patna) mint, AH1117/Ry 50, KM#300.16 (11.51 g, 21.39 mm) Patna...
When I was new to Roman coins, I missed “Subaerat” (towards the end, just before the provenance info) in a German listing I thought I could “read”...
Glad to hear of the improvement and wishing you strength. Sharing a series of Denarii from my collection thought to depict duels of Marcus...
Not the best example, but I definitely wanted one of this type. Was likely worn as an amulet by someone (a soldier, perhaps) soliciting the...
Sicily, Syracuse, under tyrant Hiketas II (287-278 BC), Æ 20, SNG ANS 812, Calciati 157, Ex. Lord Grantley Collections (7.47 g, 20 mm) Obverse:...
For the Jaipur ones, see here: https://www.zeno.ru/showgallery.php?cat=2945. The two square coppers are of Bundi, citing George V:...
Give it a shot using Valentine: https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.97296. Attributing them is a lot of fun. :-) Most are attributable....
Complete mint name on reverse bottom, which is rarely encountered in these: [ATTACH]
Nice one. The date is 987.
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