My AV Tanka Mohammad III bin Tughlaq in name of Abbasid Caliph [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Love those crocodile coins! Some day I hope to have one too, really like ancients depicting wild animals! John
Will do! John
In a lot of cases its a bidding war between two collectors with deep pockets. Sometimes, however there is a once in a lifetime dream coin like...
Thanks, they are pretty nice, esp. the one with eagle reverse. I only have one example....now I want more!
Which one? The Shi Tzu/ Rottweiler/ Boxer? Just joking! I missed out on the second "Empress" Rauch had in same auction...a FDC Eudocia Tremissis,...
You got a good point there! MacDonald got it wrong....that has to be Caracalla! I will change my data label. John
Thats a really nice one! Your coin would have much more gold content. In CNG 100 Adams II there were a wide selection of these coins in AV and EL/...
Thanks Mikey! I have these attack dogs.... Not the white Boxer/Rottie/its the Shi Tzu!!!![ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Yes, with many auctions, realized prices are way higher then estimates! At the Triton Adams Part III auction, some things went ballistic. Prices...
Hi Mikey: With electrum the ratio is usually 50/50 AU/AR With the EL coinage from Lydia/Lesbos/Phokia/Mytilene even 60%AU/40AR That is why the...
EL Stater 20mm 7.70g. dated 513 Bosphoron calender=216AD The kings of the Bosphorus were allied with Imperial Rome, so the obv. show Rhescoporis...
I will do so also.
Six hundred and three to be precise, spanning from 650BC to 1970. John
Thanks, i love em too. My wife is getting jealous.
Oops! Forgot she was wife of Eastern Roman Emperor Marcianus 450-57AD John....slow learner!
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Bing, great coin, love the reverse.... you do a way better job on description, lots to learn from "experts" like you.
Thanks Mat, some of the reverses are outstanding!
Great coins, interesting history....that is why ancient coins are number one!
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