Adding my specimen, showing the spot where the “star” was erased from the left field. I need to make a better image when the weather improves....
Hi. Requesting help in identifying a couple of objects from a group lot I picked up towards the end of last year. I usually don't go for such...
This is indeed an issue of Huvishka, and a very nice example for this type. The elephant-rider side is the obverse. I think Huvishka’s eastern...
Thanks. Just Googled and found it.
I have personally used Zinc dust for treating minor BD spots. The method is detailed here:...
There is always the chance, however slim, to encounter one unattributed. I have got 3 unattributed AEs so far.
Thank you. I do not have RPC. If I remember correctly, I had copied the number from Wildwinds.
Syria, Antioch under Roman rule, Æ19, time of Marcus Crassus, dated Year 13 of the Pompeian Era (54/53 BC), RPC 4218, Vagi 18 (7.8 g, 19 mm)...
Indian Princely States: Bundi, Ram Singh (VS1878-1946, 1824-1889 AD), Bilingual AR Rupee citing Queen Victoria, VS1943 (1886 AD), Y#9 (10.66 g,...
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Excellent write-up, coins, and images. I also find Huletski’s “Russian Wire Coins 1533–1645” a good reference. The reported fate of poor Dmitry...
Sultans of Dehli: Fakhr al-Din Muhammad bin Tughluq (AH725-752, 1325-1351 AD), AE Tanka (Forced Token Currency), Takhtgah Dehli mint, AH731, G&G...
Roman Republic: M. Porcius Cato Uticensis (Cato the Younger/Stoic), AR Quinarius, Utica (in Tuinicia) mint, 47-46 BC, Sear 1383, RRC 462/2, CRI...
Here is what Mr. Baldrick would say... [ATTACH]
Modern token with a fictitious date.
If she really did say this, it could possibly have been in response to this little abomination. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Very nice specimen. The skin of the indistinct animal (variously described as an antelope/deer, a tiger, a he-goat, an elephant, or a lion) is...
Wow, I never noticed this detail earlier (also clearly visible on dougsmit’s first specimen). I wonder if that is a belt tied around his waist...
The first coin is of the Kushan king Vima Taktho (Soter Megas) (c. AD 55-100), while the second is attributed to Indo-Scythian, Azes I, (57-35 BC)...
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