Uneven strike pressure seems to be an issue with many of these. Also, I have found these coins difficult to photograph. I was initially thinking...
Roman Empire: Trajan (98-117 AD), Æ Sestertius, Rome mint, c. 116-117 AD, RIC 663, Woytek 591 (20.23 g, 34 mm) Obverse: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO...
Thank you, all, for the inputs.
I “won” a coin at the last Leu auction, which was stated to be “From the collection of J. Knudsen, formed from the late 1970s to the late 1990s”....
Very nice examples. Collecting ancient coins with references to mythology is the closest I have come to a “thematic” collection. (My collecting...
Crete, Knossos, c. 300-270 BC, Æ13, Svoronos, Numismatique 77, no. 93; B.M Cameron Plate 49, 27 (1.96 g, 13 mm) Probably the most famous legend...
Despite the resemblance, I don’t think the upper part of the stylized lotus was meant to represent a bucranium.
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Nice coin. Looks to be from the same die as this one on Zeno: https://www.zeno.ru/showphoto.php?photo=50270
Mughal Dynasty: Shah Jahan (AH1037-1068, 1628-1658 AD), AR Rupee, Multan mint, AH1060/Ry 24, KM#235.19 (11.47 g) Complete mint name in the left...
India, Gupta Dynasty: Chandagupta Vikramaditya (Chandragupta II) (c. 380-414 AD), AV Dinara, Archer type, Shivlee A4 (7.65 g, 18.89 mm) Obverse:...
I process images on my Laptop and combine them using Paint as well. When I have to use the phone/tablet, sites such as this one help:...
Try keeping the iPhone over a stack of books for maximum stability and same-sized obverse and reverse images. You can use the earphones as a...
Indo-Greek: Menander I (c. 160-130 BC), Bilingual AR Drachm, "Heroic" spear-thruster type, Bop. 13J, MIG 224e, Bop 7A (2.43 g, 16 mm) Obverse:...
I think the "star" has to be a representation of the the Sun god Elagabal, which was worshipped as the meteorite "stone of Emesa".
Adding another specimen. On this one, we can clearly see a spherical object behind the rays of the "star". Elagabalus (8 June 218-11 March 222),...
Here is my 18.25 USD horn silver infested super ugly Otho. I haven’t been able to get an upgrade so far. I got it as a bulk lot of 4 Denarii at...
Congrats. I hope to get a Tyrian Shekel some day. It is one of those “jinxed” types I have bid on countless times but never won.
Roman Empire: Nerva (18 Sep 96-27/28 Jan 98), AR Denarius, January, 98 AD, Sear 3032, RIC 47, RSC 95, BMC 72 (3.14 g, 18 mm) Nerva's fourth...
In the later part of his reign, Commodus began to show signs of megalomania. He may well have been unhinged by the continual attempts on his life....
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