I just received these two books in the mail from CNG: [ATTACH] I'll be posting full reviews once I've had a chance to properly read and digest...
I've been pretty busy with other stuff and haven't had much time to post lately, so just catching up with some recent purchases. [ATTACH] Roman...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Artabanos I (c.127-124 BC). Obverse: Diademed bust left. Reverse: Archer (Arsakes I) wearing...
I'm slowly working through my recent auction wins, as I get the time to photograph ten and properly write them up. At this rate, by the time I...
Here's the first of my recent wins from Frank Robinson's auction: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Phraates IV (38-2 BC). Obverse: Bust...
Here's another recent auction win: [ATTACH] Sasanian Kingdom. AR drachm (32mm, 3.78g). Hormazd V (631-2 AD). Obverse: Bust right (very similar...
A recent CNG auction win: [ATTACH] Sasanian Empire. AR drachm (29mm, 3.68g). Zamasp (497-499 AD). Obverse: Crowned bust of king right, smaller...
While I wait for my wins from Frank Robinson's latest auction, thought I'd share a recent pickup from John Anthony: [ATTACH] Kushan Empire. AE...
Here's my first coin purchased in 2018: [ATTACH] Bruttium, Brettian League (c.211-208 BC). AE Unit (obol?) (22mm, 8.3g). Obverse: Bust of Zeus...
Here is (almost certainly) the last coin to be added to my collection in 2017: [ATTACH] Indo-Parthians in Margiana or Sogdiana. 1st century AD....
I bought this from Frank Robinson's fixed-price list a while ago and am just getting around to posting it: [ATTACH] China, North and South...
A Frank Robinson auction win: [ATTACH] Sasanian Empire. AR drachm. Peroz (457-484 AD). Obverse: Bust right in crown. Reverse: Fire-altar with...
Another recent Agora Auctions win: [ATTACH] Achaemenid Persian Empire, uncertain satrap, possibly in Ionia. c.350-334 BC. AE 12 (12mm, 1.24g)....
I just can't get enough of those facing Parthians... [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, mint of Seleucia-on-the-Tigris. Vologases IV (147-191 AD). AE...
I won this coin in Frank Robinson's latest auction: [ATTACH] Roman Empire, Antoninus Pius, posthumous, under Marcus Aurelius (c. 161 AD). AR...
It's that time again for year-end Top 10 lists, so here are my top 10 favorite coins that I acquired this year. I had a good year collecting, and...
Another coin from the recent Baltimore show: [ATTACH] Arab-Sasanian, Bukhara. Billon drachm. In the name of Caliph Al-Mahdi (158-169 AH/775-785...
[ATTACH] India, Magadha. AR karshapana. Time of the Eight Sons of Mahapadma Nanda (c.346-321 BC). Obverse: Five punchmarks: Sun symbol,...
Here's a write-up of another coin from the Baltimore show last weekend: [ATTACH] Roman Republic. AR denarius. Lucius Marcius Censorinus (82...
I finally got around to doing a proper write-up of the Phoenician coin I bought at the Baltimore show last week: [ATTACH] Phoenicia, Arados....
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