My first coin, that started my journey into Ancient coins was this worn Alexander bronze. As I am a fan of Alexander the Great I always wanted to...
Many people know Mithridates VI, king of Pontos from 120-63 BC, the king who caused the Romans a lot of pain in three different wars. He was...
Hello everyone, First I hope everyone is doing fine with everything that is going on in the world right now. I had no time and budget to buy any...
Lately I have been a bit inactive on this forum, so much going on right now, I recently got a new job, next year I am planning to move, and many...
Kos, a Greek island at the coast of Caria, part of the Dodecanese island chain in the southeastern Aegean sea. It is the third biggest island of...
I got this tetartemorion recently, and like many times before I am just astonished by the miniature art on these tiny coins, in this case the...
Another Pyrrhos coin to finally add to my Epeirote collection! This time, it is a coin from Pyrrhos, as king of the Macedonians (in opposition...
Cappadocia, an ancient region that lies in the central heartland of Asia Minor, a plateau of atleast 1000m high, pierced by volcanic peaks, with...
I was thinking to start a new game that hopefully might be fun. I have no idea if someone did this ever before on the forum, but it sounds fun to...
This is an example of a coin I picked up because of no other reason then, I just like it a lot, and not anything related to my collecting area....
A coin that attracted me a lot, is not only a coin from a Greek island (which I like to collect), but it has a quite weirdly shaped flan. [IMG]...
This is one of the coins I won in the Leu Auction of today. It is a tetradrachm from the Seleukid king Antiochos VIII Epiphanes, also nicknamed...
I must say that this is a quite extraordinary way to present the bust of Perseus. [IMG] Iconion, Lycaonia Bronze AE (1st Century B.C.) Obverse:...
I have come a bit late for the FSR win threads, but shipping to Europe just takes a little longer from the US. These are my own photographs, so...
Recently I have received a special coin from my favorite Seleukid king, Alexander I Balas. This coin is not only extremely rare (I found no...
I'm glad to finally have a coin from Philip II of Macedon, well kind off, it is in the types of Philip II, but issued by Philip III and minted...
For some time I was thinking to make a website where I present my ancient coin collection (eventhough it is still quite small). It is always nice...
Probably most of you who think about silver coins from Thasos island think about the Satyr diobol/stater or the beautiful tetradrachms with...
Yesterday I came home from my holiday in Tuscany, Italy with my wife-to-be, and I noticed I have been registered on this forum for 1 year now. I...
I toke a shot putting a pre-bid on this coin thinking I wouldn't win it because the condition is extremely nice and the coin type is quite rare...
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