I managed to acquire this as part of an exchange with @Pellinore who was looking to bolster his Sassanian ranks. A wonderful coin, which...
Why scouring the bottom, I was amazed what floated to the bottom. Once a ridiculously expensive coin in any condition, seems relatively prevalent...
Silver Deep toning 12 mm x 13 mm x 1.94 grams [ATTACH]
Some of you might no I have a sweet spot for Western Satraps coins. I manged to come across this particular specimen being offered, and had to...
Hello All, Coming from the ancient coin board, I really wanted a decent coin of the homeland. I managed to acquire this piece. I know with the...
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Red Huns / Small Kushan Kidarite Kingdom AR Drachm 29 mm x 4.11 grams Kabul, Afghanistan mint (s.360 AD) Obverse: 3 /4 Bust of king facing...
Ya'll know I like Indian coins, so this and two of its little buddies found its way into my collection. This is an extremely rare large copper...
I took a thousand photos of this coin. I think I got it. Somme, Gaul Ambiani Celts AV Stater Gallo-Belgic Type E (s. BC 58-50) 16 mm x 5.98...
For about a year I have a had a dealer searching throughout Sri Lanka for a very rare and little known coin of ancient Anuradhapura. These coins...
The Mystery coin of the day... 14 mm x 0.78 grams AE and Scyphate I wonder if our current Champion @Ardatirion will probably find this one...
At the beginning of 2016, I felt inspired by one particular Roman provincial tetradrachm. Although the coin was not terribly rare or exceptionally...
Photo reshoot of this commoner from the collection... The date of this coin is off flan despite the rather high grade. I did find another coin...
A fairly interesting and scarcer coin that just never got the photo it deserved here we go. He is the last son of Damasena and this coin is the...
This tiny straggler appeared in a lot of Satavahana coins I received. I have a tentative attribution for it, but I must admit how much I do not...
With the capture of the Holy Land in AD 1099 in the First Crusade, a small occidental force ruled over the numerous Christian, Jewish and Muslim...
If you made it through the thread on Nahapana overstruck coins, and if you did a little back reading to on the last post you might enjoy seeing...
For a great deal of time I have been trying to locate an overstrike of a Nahapana drachm by the native Indian King Guatamiputra Satakarni of the...
Last of the Great Kushan Vasu Deva I, taking the thrown in AD 189 Vasu Deva is thought to be the son of Huvishka and an Hindu woman. This...
Some of you may have known about my long standing goal to acquire the great Punic coins of yesteryear. This was no small undertaking, it took...
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