The last year and a half have been good for completing the 'persecution' set and I wanted to share my findings. Finding the die match between...
I set the bar high when trying to solve this coin mystery and I would like to think I did solve it or at least a few parts of it. I am talking...
2 1/2 years ago I posted a question about sideburns and this month someone (actually CNG) addressed the very question I asked. It appears that...
-
@Pavlos & @TheRed wanted to see my newest from this thread, so here it is. The Indian civilization was well used to elephants in battle but that...
This one sold for almost $300 on eBay by silverdenar and apparently fooled a lot of people. [ATTACH] This seller and ancientground have been...
By doing this I learned I need to work on lighting and more important I need to do focus stacking. Other improvements I make are just going to cut...
By edge of the world I mean for the areas of interest I collect in the Greek world. I'm trying to collect all rulers of the Seleucid kingdom for...
For those who don't subscribe to their emails. LANCASTER, PA–Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and London, England, is...
Browsing eBay and found this coin that took me a while to figure out what was on the obverse (bottom photo). It's a Seleucid coin with Apollo...
[ATTACH] https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/world-europe-44303247
This would have been better to post on Prince's birthday next month but why wait now that the coin is in hand. Anyone that collects anonymous...
CNG had 6 of these up for auction recently, I bid on two of them and won one. Nearly all went for double the estimate, and it's one I wanted for a...
[ATTACH] https://www.ebay.com/itm/Only-Complete-Strike-of-Athena-ATTICA-Athens-Circa-449-413-BC-Tetradrachm-XF-/183169839891 Of course no...
Dozens of affordable Greek, Roman, and Byzantine bronze coins as low as $2.50. Ongoing auctions from Poseidon Coin Company->...
I was gearing up to start a new site on Seleucid coin types when I came across this. [ATTACH] Looks like a great database for the empire. Very...
Most people associate the end of the Byzantine empire to occur with the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 29 May 1453 AD, but there...
I've had this one for over a decade and it came in group lot. I always thought it was interesting but never gave it a second thought until I...
[ATTACH]Theodoric/Uncertain King in the name of Anastasius Mint: Sirmium 454 to 552 AD Obvs: D N ΛNΛSTΛSIVS P P ΛVC, pearl-diademed, draped, and...
I'm a sucker for interesting coins and this one has many intetesting attributes: Greek and Phoenician script, biblical king, obscure deity, minted...
Separate names with a comma.
