I was starting to get worried, but my Secret Saturnalia present arrived today. Unfortunately, the combination of a thin, scyphate flan and a...
@Deacon Ray: I think I said it before, but that's a very worthy little Parthian collection. I think the Orodes II drachm is my favorite, with the...
Just got a few modern world coins from Frank Robinson today, and I have ordered a nice Parthian from Sphinx Numismatics, a Vcoins dealer. Since...
Nice! My favorites are the Persian silos (I guess I just might have some bias towards that region of the ancient world :happy: ) and the reverse...
Very cool! I have one semi-relevant coin, a commemorative from Kazakhstan for the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Flight: [ATTACH] (In case anyone is...
Love the Arab-Sasanian pashiz! (Arab-Sasanian bronze doesn't get enough love, in my opinion.) Never knew the man-headed bull critter was called...
On the Virginia halfpenny, look carefully along the edge of the reverse. From about 2 to 4 o'clock it reads "VIRGI" and from 7 to 8 o'clock...
Well, all the cool kids are posting their Top 10 of the Year lists, so I might as well join in. Four of the items are actually modern, and one is...
Indian Princely States, Kutch, 1909. If the weight is 4 grams, it's a trambiyo; if it's 8 grams, it's a dokdo.
Good question. On some varieties, there are actually several letters in Punic. On the example that @Cucumbor posted, look under the horse's...
Here's the final coin I received this week: [ATTACH] Roman Empire, Egypt, Alexandria. Vespasian (69- 79 AD), year 5 (72-3 AD). AE diobol....
Here's my second write-up for coins received this week: [ATTACH] North Africa, Numidia. Micipsa (148-118 BC). AE 25. Obverse: Laureate bust...
Just got this and two other ancients a couple of days ago, I will be posting full write-ups on the others soon. Meanwhile, please enjoy this:...
Great Top 10, Doug! I think my favorite coin is #3- that 3/4 perspective is wild, and I don't recall ever seeing something like it on an ancient...
Please enter me in the contest, thanks.
The copper coin is from China, the English inscription is "Tai ching ti kuo copper coin" meaning "Great Qing (Dynasty) Imperial State copper...
Can't tell much from the photos, but in the top photo, if you rotate it to the right 90 degrees, I think the main design is a shield. The top...
I don't have a scale handy, but the diameter of my coin is 28 mm. It is very thin, and I believe it may have originally been slightly scyphate...
One explanation that I've heard for the existence of such small coins is so that they could more easily be carried in the mouth o_O Clothing in...
Here's my example of this coin type: [ATTACH] It's from Hungary, struck by the king Bela III (1172- 1196). Obverse shows Bela and his brother...
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