I thought you all might want to see my new Tarentum Nomos. As @Severus Alexander pointed out over on NF it is a Pyrrhic War issue coin! [ATTACH]...
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Nice coins all. My oldest is probably my Themistokles! [ATTACH] IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum Themistokles, AR Hemiobol, struck ca. 465-459 BC...
I wouldn’t worry about the color mix up too much Pman... my example of the type ended up being purple. :artist::eek::D [ATTACH] Great coin!
[ATTACH] Next: A nice style portrait
Interesting! I didn’t know that. Hopefully not! :oops::D You’re new coin is excellent, as are many coins in your collection. You seem to have a...
Nice score @ambr0zie ! That’s a Top 10 type coin for sure. Here are my relevant examples. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Fantastic additions everyone! Here are a few more from my collection. Trajan [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Hadrian’s Travel Series [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
I was just typing something similar. Though it felt kinda weird to be congratulating @Ryro on having a nice budget butt... :eek::D
I started noticing last year that many of my purchases tend to fall into broadly definable themes or categories, whether I consciously seek those...
In most cases I would take the plate coin unless there was a huge disparity in condition where the detail lost made the coin less historically...
Thanks :) Yes, it is Ancient Chinese. Details below. Ancient China Xin Dynasty Emperor Wang Mang (AD 7 - 23) Huo bu spade. Dim.: 57 mm x 22.5...
57 mm in length [ATTACH] Next: A coin from a non-western classical civilization
John, I do hope that you don’t leave. You are one of a handful of folks whose contribution and friendship make this forum worth participating...
I think it is a product of two things: It makes sense for an auction house to lowball an estimate in a strong market. As mentioned above it...
The Nerva Antonines [ATTACH] Next: More sets of any kind
Ionia [ATTACH] IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum Themistokles, AR Hemiobol, struck ca. 465-459 BC Dia.: 8 mm Wt.: 0.24 g Obv.: Head of Hephaistos...
Libertas [ATTACH] Next: Nicely toned Roman Republican coin.
Provincial Elagabalus [ATTACH] Next: Any coin showing Elagabalus
Roman Republic [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Next: A coin showing a building whose ruins still exists.
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