"Dirham" is just the Arabic word for "Drachm". The word was used in pre-Islamic times, before there was an Arab currency called the "dirham"....
I have the printed catalog. There is nothing about the consigner. I went to the preview. I was very interested in a particular denarius....
Helios Airways: [ATTACH] Photo and info from https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/391144 Airline went broke in 2006, info at...
I am at the show now. So far I have acquired four action catalogs, a calendar, and a pen. I have also looked at many, many boxes.
Until Reid's web page is repaired you can find a copy at...
I also have a coin said to be from the Bekaa valley. [ATTACH] Seleukid Kingdom. Antiochos III. 223-187 B.C. AE (16 mm, 4.01 g, 11 h). Uncertain...
Looks fine. I have pictures of the fake diobols at http://snible.org/coins/black_sea_hoard.html . Yours doesn't look like those.
A citation for the nail hoard was preserved by the Internet Archive at...
The Perga seems to be unpublished. Using ISEGRIM I searched for coins with PERGAIWN inscription, Gallienus, and two figures. None. Here is a...
Although this isn't what you are looking for, I recommend the Age of Bronze graphic novels. It is a great, though unfinished, retelling of the...
Many of those look like intaglios, not coins. At least two are clearly coins. I found this card catalog entry:...
There wasn't much gold. The "526 lots" description obscures the fact that some of the missing lots were group lots. Just four of the lots...
I don't have a single akce. Here is an Ottoman para that was sold to me as an akce. I could be wrong; Ottoman is not my collecting area. I...
I bid on one of the stolen coins. I was not the high bidder. I have a good memory for lots I am interested in. If I see that lot next month at...
Have you seen their offerings of forgers' dies?...
For anyone else wanting to play along, what do we think these things are? Horseheads? Owls? Mushrooms? Cannoli? [ATTACH]
@dougsmit There is a blog, https://hemiobol.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/no-ketos-at-kindya/ , by Jochen Randig. The blog had interesting posts, but...
Yours looks great! It is nearly impossible to get a nice even strike but yours has it. I have several examples and none have the body detail of...
Another good place to search is the ANS library, which creates entries for every article and paper, not just each book....
Try to research this yourself. Bronze coins don't follow regional weight standards and the expert opinions are often guesses except for a few...
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