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Gallienus' dad was also into Cronos: [ATTACH] Cilicia, Tarsos. Valerian I (253–260 AD). 18.09 g, 31 mm Obverse: AY KAI P L OVAL[ERIAN]ON SE P P;...
The inscription AS hints that the coin comes from a city beginning with AS. The coin is rare enough that it is hard to use find spots to be...
Aspendos, like this: https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=265150 The reference "Yashin 51 (Askalon)" suggests that the attribution is uncertain...
Although there are good deals at fixed prices there are also comically high prices as well. Many dealers will not budge on price even if...
I had a similar ambition until I learned that some are much rarer than the rare ones....
This one is pretty rough. [ATTACH] Pontos, Kabeira, 85-65 BC, AE27, 18.9g Obv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rev: KABH-RWN Perseus standing,...
Roman Republic: [ATTACH] L. Plautius Plancus. 47 B.C. AR denarius (18 mm, 3.62 g). Brockage strike. Rome. Obv: L · PLAV[TIV]S below, head of...
Lizard and goose are friends. A hole that can never be filled. The letter H for Herbert. [ATTACH] Macedon, Eion. Circa 460-400 BC. AR...
The first one looks very thick, and looks older. Perhaps Delhi Sultanate? I struggle with medieval Indian coins.
An early Mount Argaeus bronze: [ATTACH] CAPPADOCIA, Caesaria (AKA Eusebia), 36 BC - 17 AD or 101-89 BC (!!!), 7.04g, AE17 Provenance: H. C....
I am not good with Byzantines. This one is clearly an overstrike, but of what? It resembles a butterfly, but by eyes must be fooling me. Any...
The inscription seems more poorer than usual. Here is a fourree from Traxiane from the Sellwood collection (not mine!)...
XKCD 915 "Connoisseur" https://xkcd.com/915/
This one is even smaller: [ATTACH] Ionia, Teos. 320-294 BC. 1.0g 9.5mm diobol Obv: Griffin standing right Rev: ΔΙΟΥΧΗ[Σ] (Dioches, magistrate);...
I found pictures here. [ATTACH] Photo from Svoronos, Lessons in Numismatics, Journal International d''Archéologie Numismatique (1906) A...
Can anyone find a picture of a Spartan iron obol rod in a museum? I found two semi-contradictory quotes in Barclay Head's Historia Numorum...
Sparta used iron spits. See this CoinWeek article by Mike Markowitz. You may decide yourself if these obols are "coins" or "odd and curious...
Great coin and write-up, @DonnaML . ex-McCabe coins are usually worth the premium. Here is a fourree of the type. [ATTACH] L. MEMMIUS. Denarius...
I tried to buy an ancient coin NFT for 63 cents. The "gas" fee to purchase would have been $112! $40 to send $100 of ancient coins across an...
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