Their nephew Heliogabolus, was the worst emperor in the entire history of the Roman empire Elagabalus (or Heliogabolus) (AD 218-222) and his...
And here's my set from this happy family: [IMG] Septimius [IMG] Julia [IMG] Caracalla [IMG] Geta
Arab-Byzantine Abd al-Malik Standing Caliph Coin I was looking at Byzantine coins for sale on Ebay and found this one. I knew nothing about it...
I have had this UK War Medal since the 1960's. [IMG] This one is the silver version given to Canadians. The British got copper-nickel...
Apparently Somalia has more than one kind of pirate.
Parthian coins used crude and blundered Greek inscriptions, so mispellings would be common. The website: http://www.parthia.com has lots of...
I'm still waiting for my Millard Fillmore Dollar coin!
It does not look cleaned to me, it just looks old and used (circulated). I have some similar Egyptian silver piastre coins. :)
Could be some kind of gambling or other token.
"there is a language barrier with the seller" The seller isn't located in China, is he? A lot of counterfeit silver coins come out of China.
The marks do look like small chopmarks to me.
Ebay private listing is a red flag Just sold for $92 :headbang:
It is not a new idea: These two are from the US 1964 presidential election: [IMG] :)
Hopalong Cassidy Actor William Boyd played him on television :)
Dimension: 20.5 mm Weight: 2.935 gm
What kind of damage is this to the upper rim of the reverse of this coin? [IMG] Julia Mamaea Denarius - Vesta Obverse: Diademed and draped...
Nice coins!
One thing about handling Roman coins is knowing when they were made, 1000's of years ago, and wondering about the history which occured around...
I bought four of them in 1965 from the Vienna Mint, along with some Austrian proof sets. I still have them. :)
This Byzantine coin is one of my favorites, because of how the obverse image wore. [IMG] Byzantine Justinian (AD 527-565) AE Follis...
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