Ok, So I bought a few bronzes to give as motivators to students and posted them a few weeks ago. Two LRBs were in the lot- a Valentinian and a...
Pretty delicate little coin from the city of Kos, home of Hippocrates- Father of Medicine and an amazing cultural history. They were known for...
I don't collect Parthians but now that I have several students that are interested in coins if I can get a coin for less then 15 bucks that is...
Dear friends, I have twelve fifth and sixth grade students that I have decided to give some ancients to as motivators as we study the Latin/Greek...
I am a sucker for a mysterious interesting reverse with a nice patina. Is this a snake driven Biga or a hero struggle with the dragon Cetus? I...
Could any Roman experts here tell me what the letters/monograms are on either side of the bust on this coin of Caracalla? I know this is a...
One more in the batch of inexpensive coins I got last week that I can not quite peg down yet. The seller attributed as:NICE COMMAGNE SAMOSATA...
Picked up this little bronze RPC with a few others last week to give as gifts for my students, for ten dollars each. It was attributed as an...
Last purchase for this year and probably the completion of this little collection for this decade anyway. This coin is a posthumous issue by the...
Faustina Junior. Augusta, AD 147-175. Æ Sestertius (30mm, 25.19 g.) Approx. 5mm thick. Rome mint. Struck under Marcus Aurelius. Obv. Draped bust...
Can anyone make out the obverse title on this worn Constans? Is it the same as the VF one?[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Seeing the common forms of these small coins[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] with the stellate/flower pattern it reminded me of the magic square of...
Here is an unpublished coin listed on ebay(and VCoins). What do the experts here make of these kinds of coins? Are there thousands or hundreds of...
The closest I could find on these coins of Matthias Antigonus is 70% copper and 27% lead. Does that mean the rest is Tin? Do any Judaean experts...
The city Pautalia is not on ISEGRIM, does it have another name? If it is not listed in [ATTACH] Ruzicka does that mean it is unpublished?...
There are two legendary Jewish Rabbinic sages that are said to have had cordial friendships with either or both Emperors Antoninus Pius and his...
Does anyone collect these to get all the mint-marks like collecting years and mints of modern coins? Maybe someone should make special folders for...
[ATTACH] Size: 11mm, 1.59g
This coin has baffled numismatists for centuries. I have a new take on it and open it up to others ideas, especially those in the biblical...
So I was wondering if anyone has any of these coins. It appears that the star and star/crescent motif on the reverse appeared in 44 BC at the same...
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