I hate to be unkind but there are many coins offered on eBay and other venues that actually are not worth as much as the shipping cost. This is...
This is such an anomaly. In most respects it is a standard Islamic hammered silver coin but the king, as I understand the story, honored his...
There are coins that are easy to love and coins that require fitting a collector in a way that most collectors would not understand. I know one...
[IMG] Apollo Sauroktonos exists as Roman copy marbles from a lost original bronze by Praxiteles (mid 4th century BC) and quite a number of coins...
Increasingly as I age I tend to use the term 'ancient' to mean 'ancient and medieval'. I have no trouble separating modern coins from the other...
How about this proposal: Medieval coins are crude and sloppily made compared to what preceded them and what followed them. Carefully made (by...
This is the traditional take on the question but I can not accept all those Byzantines as ancient so I'll start medieval with Anastasius' reform....
I believe this is a 2 soldiers reverse type as used by Constantine the Great and his sons. Compare to the ones on my page:...
There are also some who collect a mix of the areas and enough different combinations that we could never make it work for everyone. The last time...
Did you notice that the link you gave shows my coin - not a similar one but the exact specimen? I was suspicious but can find nothing I can not...
[ATTACH] The clues here are the reverse legend AphIEPWCIC (Greek for Consecratio) and the lack of a year date on the reverse. Carus was the...
Note that you do not upload images using the icon above where I am typing now but using the 'Upload a File' button below (center of three...
I originally posted this as a reply to Valentinian's call for comments on his new page of unique reverses but immediately realized that I had...
I also missed two (the last two for which I had no guess - I am hopeless in late). I'm not as sure of the need for such a page as I am that it...
#7 of my 8 auction winnings is posted here for viewing by those who did not see it in its other outing. I was hoping a specialist would explain...
Prince Y - uncertain king c.90 BC AR hemidrachm SGI 5956var. Supposedly there is an Aramaic legend around the reverse diadem but mine shows the...
Its OK, Steve. I see you have 36 'Trophy Points' so, even by Manitoba standards your be a head mount when they shoot you. There are several...
What amazes me is that I have almost nothing less than 200 years and I still find these items amazing examples of the 'true depth and breadth of...
Wow, Ripley, that is a nice obverse. I particularly like the hair curls that frame the face. I have nothing like it and would love to know which...
I fail to find a way to change a thumb to a large photo onces posted. For that matter, have we lost the capability to edit a post after it is...
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