I've used this photo before, but it's relevant to the discussion, so here it is: [ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. Seleukia-on-the-Tigris mint. Artabanos...
I feel that my title of "Most click-bait titles" in the Ancients forum is threatened... at least until you see the next coin that I post!...
Yes, they are made of lead. These are listed in Michael Mitchiner's "Oriental Coins and Their Values, Volume II: Non-Islamic States and Western...
All right, maybe if I highlight the double strike? This coin was struck twice by the dies, on both obverse and reverse, but the obverse is the...
Wait, is this thread going to turn into a group hug? I'm okay with that, just don't squeeze too hard because I had sushi for lunch and I don't...
Overall soft and mushy features (typical of a cast counterfeit) rather than normal wear, something verrrrry odd going on at the rim between 6-7...
A quadrans of Claudius (41-54 AD): [ATTACH]
The Japanese inscription says "pegasasu". Since the other side shows a Pegasus, I expect it is some sort of gaming token for a Japanese arcade or...
Doubling? You mean like this? [ATTACH]
I joined Coin Talk about a year ago and have mentioned parts of my backstory, but I guess now's a good time for some more details. I graduated...
(Delete post)
@FitzNigel in post #3: That is definitely a premium Achaemenid siglos, with better detail on the king than usual and some interesting banker's...
There do seem to be an awful lot of scratches along the edge. That could come from someone scraping away an edge seam. Of course, it also could...
From Cyprus, we can head over to Greece: [ATTACH]
[ATTACH]
Here's my latest ancient acquisition, from a John Anthony auction: [ATTACH] Roman Empire, Rome mint. AR denarius (18mm, 3.17g). Septimius...
I recently bought this coin from Wayne Sayles. It's an Umayyad post-reform AE fals, undated (c.700-750 AD) from the mint of Tabariya (Tiberias),...
Heading due west across the Malacca Strait, we reach Sumatra... [ATTACH]
From New Zealand, where else but Australia? [ATTACH]
@Deacon Ray: I concur with @Bob L.'s suggestion to get a drachm of Mithradates II wearing a tiara. Another coin that would fit in well with your...
Separate names with a comma.
