Not ancient but these little silver coins of Hungary show Madonna and child. Hungary 1536 Ferdinand I AR denar .4g Kremnitz mint (K-B) [ATTACH]...
I still have a number of Alex Malloy catalogs which most people threw out years ago. He had interesting coins but his lists were printed on cheap...
My coin is Lithuanian rather than Polish and has a different reverse but shows the layout with 1661 date at upper left. Your reverse is nearly...
I love it! Many of us would give anything to have a child who grew up to be even a little interested in Classics and, heaven forbid, maybe even...
I know I am part of the problem and not part of the solution. When I go to a coin show that has an exhibition section, I have to force myself to...
Caracalla #3 tops my list.
Also stumped! The three figures make me thing of Septimius Severus, Caracalla (older left) and Geta (younger right) and the reverse seems...
There are relatively few coins naming the enemy like this but enough that we probably should have a thread to see how many we can find among the...
I see your research but also know the lion under a club was used by many places for well over a century (Hadrian-Gordian) leaving me quite mystified.
I now agree with TIF on the OP. It may not be the best Victory but I am quite fond of the 193-194 issues with the legend VICTOR IVST AVG....
Koinon means alliance or 'in common' rather than a single city. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koinon
Thanks. Found it: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/muawiya-a-villain-caliph-or-commander-of-faithful.340760/#post-3570656
Do note that at 13mm yours is the smaller of the two denominations. Neither denomination is easy to find in high grade with full legends. They...
I remember fondly all your favorites except the first. I don't know enough to search for when you showed it before. Link?
While I hate to give up the capability of shooting at night, I am also becoming a fan of natural daylight through a north window. I still have my...
How could I forget the Commodus / Nilus from my AK group? Emmett 2552 year 26 [ATTACH]
I know there are many things to watch for when selecting a coin for our collection but I do believe that a Tacitus absolutely, positively must...
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=ARAB%20ADQVIS%20S%20P%20Q%20R%20OPTIMO%20PRINCIPI%20S%20C The link above identifies the...
That is a nice sestertius from Rome. The denarii come with and without the ARAB ADQ in exergue. There are also Eastern drachms which I do not...
Just to confuse things, Pius issued a tetradrachm from year 16 with L IS ---- or does the IS do double duty here? [ATTACH]
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