The south end of a northbound horse? :D [ATTACH] Not my coin, unfortunately. It's from the ANS collection:...
[IMG] CARIA, Mylasa 450-400 BCE AR hemiobol, 7 x 9 mm, 0.5 gm Obv: facing forepart of lion Rev: scorpion within incuse square Ref: SNG von Aulock...
I don't have any candy corn coins to share but had to say that your images are fantastic! Those must have been tough to capture.
It's gorgeous! The folds of skin on the bull's neck, the young man's pecs, the folds of his cape... what a fantastic example of the type!
Wow! This was a surprisingly fun and educational thread! :)
Thanks, Spaniard! Since you like them, allow me to show off a few more. :D [IMG] EGYPT, Alexandria. Antoninus Pius Regnal year 8, CE 144/5 AE...
Congrats, @Justin Lee !! There are many coins of Carthage I'd love to have... pretty much everything @Alegandron has :D. [IMG] SICILY, Entella....
I collect whatever catches my eye or captures my imagination. Looking over my collection, it seems that means Roman provincials and Greeks :)....
Nice writeup, Curtis! @dadams, excellent tet! I have the two most common coins of Hadrian's "travel series" denarii: [IMG] HADRIAN. CE 117-138...
Wow, @Sulla80, that is a spectacular coin... and spectacular isn't a word that usually comes to mind with this general type of cistophoric tet :D.
Fantastic new coin, Mat! I'd have never thought to look at Instagram for coin purchases. Hmm.
I love that one! It was on my short list for bidding but ultimately I didn't even get a chance to go for it.
Happy birthday A-Pi! Z and I both have oodles of low grade Alexandrian drachms thanks to a fun but insane group lot we split. Here's the best of...
Happy birthday, Bing!! :) :) :) Elephant quadriga: [IMG] EGYPT. Alexandria. Trajan AE drachm, 32.3 mm, 19.8 gm Regnal year 14 (110/11 CE) Obv:...
It's hard to beat some of the ancient nonclassical coins when it comes to funky headgear (although Sallent's Republican is pretty wacky). Here's...
What a gorgeous example of the type! These and other Phoenician coins of that time are so often badly off center.
I have twelve coins that are just such an example. They were a group lot from Stack's in 2013. The print catalog and e-catalog have a writeup of...
It's always fun to know something about the person or persons who owned a coin before you :). That's a very nice example of a young Diocletian,...
Regret indeed! I'd love to have that Eid Mar... any Eid Mar. I'd love to know which ones they are... after the auction is over :). (I don't...
I'm itching to post mine but generally don't post wins until they arrive. Plus, I buy so few coins these days that I really need to maximize my...
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