Welcome to CoinTalk, @jgusdon :) It may be broken but the state of preservation is otherwise not bad for the type! I picked up one last year....
Recently I saw an internet meme titled "exact photo description of a dad joke in action" and immediately thought of you :joyful::joyful: [IMG]
Yes, it does mean something, at least in how coins are attributed. Not being able to find a similar reverse in archives is worrisome, as is the...
You forgot to post the reverse image. Here it is, from HA's archives. [ATTACH] ... Here's a similar coin with Chi Rho control mark from my...
Oh it's more embarrassing than that... I misread the date on an Alexandrian coin! :eek::oops::D No problems here other than user error :)
Oops, goofed up. Edited.
I like Doug's advice but post #15 explains the reason for the choice. Since it's part of your specific-budget 12 Caesars set, and from what I...
I see your Mithradates VI and raise you a Kleopatra VII :D [ATTACH] EGYPT, Ptolemaic dynasty. Kleopatra VII Thea Neotera 51-30 BCE AE 40 drachmae...
@Okidoki probably has one of each :)
What a nice patina and excellent reverse! I have two travel series denarii, the most common ones: Africa [IMG] HADRIAN. CE 117-138 AR Denarius....
FIVE A 5 mm coin: [IMG] MACEDONIA, uncertain c. 500 BCE AR trihemitetartemorion (trihemiobol), 5 mm, 0.26 gm Obv: monkey squatting left Rev:...
Numbers, huh? Okay! Can't decide so I'm posting two threes. Antigonos III Doson [IMG] KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson, 229-221 BCE...
I love those coins (even more with the hilarious caption from you coin club)! Haven't managed to get one yet. Given the horrible quality of FSRs...
Is it wrong that I laughed when I read the article? :D I wonder how organized this was. Hard to believe that someone in the museum didn't know...
Welcome to the world of ancients, @YoloBagels :) You'll probably get more replies if this is moved to the Ancients board (I've asked the mods to...
I'm not Justin but... [ATTACH] See a couple more on this page (scroll down to near the bottom).
I wondered who picked that up! I also bought a little something in JA's last auction. Not a provincial though. I have just one Alexandrian...
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It is definitely a "no regrets" kind of coin :). Congrats!
Somebody needs to sing the ABC song again :D I have a Q but someone else should take a turn :)
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