[ATTACH] The Dea Syria Hierapolis (Mambij, Syria), Philip I or II, AE 30 mm Obv.: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Μ ΙΟΥΛΙ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ϹЄΒ; laureate, draped and cuirassed...
Tuna-fish[ATTACH] Tuna-fish on a semis of Gades (Cadiz, Spain), 100-20 BC I don't remember right now what the neo-Punic legend means next : more...
A friend showed me part of a hoard of Byzantine large folles. There were 477 coins, and they represented 50 or 60% of the complete hoard, which...
[ATTACH] Theodosius I - AE4 from Antioch Obv.: D.N. THEODOSIVS P.F. AVG. Rev.: VOT / X / MVLT / XX in wreath , exergue AN[T .] (Antioch)
I don't think there are any ancient coins with the name and/or effigy of Hannibal. In the 3rd c. BC portraits on coins could only be gods or...
[ATTACH] Sumerian numerals are still used today
Zarb of course !!! You're right !
On the reverse exergue you read DMShQ (Dimashq, Damascus). In the right field you can read TYB (tayyib, good), like on the Homs fulus. I cannot...
They often find ancient or medieval coin hoards in Israel or Palestinian Territories. I remember this one found in Rafah, in the Gaza strip. It...
https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/6/7955 The mint-place is uncertain
Like this one? [ATTACH] Alexander III the Great, hemiobol, AR 9mm, late 4th c. BC Obv.: head of young Heracles right wearing lion-skin Rev.:...
The picture is not sharp enough, but it is obvious this is a modern imitation not even supposed to deceive collectors.
It is this coin : https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=114803 "Apparently the second known specimen, the other one is in the Munich cabinet."...
In France in 1914, 10 Francs was a gold coin of 19 mm and 3.22 g. One century later in 2014, the same amount of 10 Francs of 1914 has become 0.02...
I think it's a nice denarius of Nero. I never got any...
A small group of Sassanian coins: [ATTACH]AR Drahm of Shapur I, son of Ardashir Papagan, (241-272). Too bad it's broken... [ATTACH] Yazdagard...
This is what archaeologists think. They recently found the remains of a small city on top of the hill and, in its centre, post-holes and...
Imagine that : a coin that is not only fake, but also has bronze disease! :vomit:
According to the label, its weight is 208.6 kg. Empty, of course :)
It is less a problem for Europeans. Italy and Greece are members of the Schengen Area that covers the whole European Union plus Switzerland (but...
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