Thanks a lot for organizing this, @Curtisimo ! I'm in and just sent you a PM.
Interesting thread topic! This little AE from Elaia shows a grain of wheat as the central reverse motif: [ATTACH] Aeolis, Elaia, AE10, 350–300...
It's Monday! Here are two common and sloppily struck coins from medieval Regensburg in Bavaria. What do you do if you are a Bavarian duke and run...
I've got a Pontic drachm catalogued as showing Hera: [ATTACH] Pontos, Amisos, AR drachm (Chian standard), 4th c. BC. Obv: turreted head of...
For this Saturday, I can show a recently arrived Magnentius that I haven't fully posted yet: [ATTACH] Magnentius, Roman Empire, centenionalis,...
That's a beautiful denarius @DonnaML ! Both issues of Q. Caecilius Metellus Pius as imperator are among my favorite Roman Republican types. Here...
Nice coins of an interesting historical figure, everyone! [ATTACH] Maxentius, Roman Empire, AE1 ("follis"), 307–308 AD, Ticinium mint. Obv:...
In my eyes, my most interesting coin probably is this one here: [ATTACH] Archbishopric of Magdeburg, under Albrecht von Käfernburg, bracteate...
@robp, every Monday, I'm stunned by your fantastic collection of medieval English coins! Those are beautiful examples. As to my own medieval...
A humble example, but with a little flying Nike on the obverse: [ATTACH] Illyria, Dyrrhachium, AR drachm, ca. 52 BC, magistrates Meniskos and...
Interesting thread and great coins, everyone! To celebrate this Flavian date, here are papa Vespasian and his two boys: [ATTACH] Vespasian,...
I don't collect coins from after the 17th century, and I only bought this 10 DM silver coin commemorating the 800th anniversary of the foundation...
An informative write-up! As far as I see, my example is from Rome: [ATTACH] Julia Domna, Roman Empire, denarius, 196–211 AD, Rome mint. Obv:...
By now, I've taken "real" pictures of a couple of coins from Tauler y Fau that were in the mail for about seven months but finally arrived (I...
What you see is a result of the edges of the coin having been hammered up after striking, likely to give proof of silver purity. A debased alloy...
With some medieval coins, you have to look beyond aesthetics to appreciate them. This series of Brandenburg denars, for examples, is almost always...
My Helena: [ATTACH] Helena, Roman Empire, AE3, 328–329 AD, Nicomedia mint. Obv: FL HELENA AVGVSTA; bust of Helena, wearing necklace and mantle,...
Thanks for the compliments, everyone! Well, the nickname is a bit of a pun refering to a place I was living at when I made my account. It's...
I can't wait for AMCC3! My own consignments are rather insignificant, but I hope to be able to win some fine additions to the collection. I won't...
There are a lot of nice reptiles in this thread. I've got a number of coins with Salus holding or feeding a snake, but these are my only two...
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