Thats awesome! Bees are a really fun area of numismatics lol
Bronze coin from Ephesus, lonia, 4th-3rd Century BC I finally found an Ephesus Bee! This has been one of my dream coins for a while - it's not...
I'd imagine that obols were rarely checked for counterfeits due to their low value. Maybe faking an obol was a safer - though inconvenient -...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] 1.21 g. This coin has me stumped!
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It’s a shame that Troas doesn’t get the attention it deserves; it has some of the most intriguing coin designs. To ID this coin I had to look...
A 11 from Troas, Ilion (AKA Troy), 301-281 BCE. [ATTACH] Obverse: Athena right wearing Attic helmet [ATTACH] Reverse: 11-1 around a Hydria...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Dupondius of Gordian III, Minted in Colonia Viminacium, Moesia Superior, 242 AD. Obverse: Radiate bust of Gordian III right....
They are really fun to collect, and super inexpensive. I got this one for 8¢!
1920, city of Aachen, Prussia 10 Phennigs Material: Iron [ATTACH] Obverse: Wolf surrounded by city name [ATTACH] Reverse: Denomination surrounded...
Here are some of my favorites! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Trajan, 98-117 Quadrants Obverse: Bust of Hercules, IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM Reverse: Boar...
These two coins have been driving me crazy for the last few months Athena facing right/Amphora? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] (It feels like it could be...
That purple and green seal is stunning
I agree. The gilding makes me think it was used on clothing of some sort - it would be quite the flashy buckle!
It’s a pretty neat find! My local coin store has a section of artifacts and the sort, and the prices are really nice since not many people visit...
Just read the Wikipedia page for Neandria, it really was uneventful there lol. Also nice coin!
Those are some nice coins! Here are my Miletus lions [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Tetartemorion, .18g (Previously my smallest coin) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
They can get pretty small! I saw ones at the show that were a third the size of this one, but they were too small to see any detail so I settled...
I recently bought this gilded buckle thing for $5 in a box of Roman artifacts. I’m not quite sure what it is, and research has not been fruitful,...
That show had some crazy deals, mostly from Tiber Numismatics - I got 8 quite nice ancients for $200! Also, your Ephesus coin is awesome! An...
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