Very nice! I don't have any Nabataean coins, but I do have some very modern (poorly made) replicas of ancient coins from Petra. :) One of these...
Ah, found it... Mathisen, who is probably the best for the Macedonian coinage slightly before and at the beginning of Antigonos II Gonatas, lists...
Just my wild guess... The monogram beneath the throne matches Price 550, but that coin features the monogram in left field. The monogram on your...
I agree, but my question was more of - "What if silphium didn't go extinct? What if its production continued to modern times and it actually did...
For fun, I actually traced things back. Yes, there are several links here that are on shaky ground with genealogists, but it was still a fun...
Strange discussion. Silphium is well-documented in antiquity not only through coins, but also through pottery and first-hand accounts. There's no...
Aren't these normally cheap coins? I see a number available on Vcoins for < $100. I don't collect crusader coins myself, but I've been looking to...
For my 45th coin in "Philip II, Alexander III, and the Age of the Diadochi," I targeted Magas of Kyrene. He was an interesting person, having...
Yes, this is what I meant. Thinking about it more, I would love for the world to pass the following regulations. 1) Any historic artifact must be...
Yes, I understood that. I was just making the point more general. While in general I believe major artifacts like these need to be...
The listing should have a catalog reference. From there it's trivial to determine the value...
But what about an owl tet, minted originally in Athens but found in Turkey? Should we all gather up our owls and ship them to a museum in Athens,...
The following story may illustrate a point. I don't invest in ancient coins, but I do invest in real estate. My wife is a RE agent, and some...
Probably a bit more controversial, but it certainly seems that one was modeled after the other. [ATTACH] Catalog: SNG Levante 113; SNG France...
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