That's a nice Antigonos coin, from the time when he declared himself as king. Here's my coin from him. [ATTACH] 305-300 BCE. Antigoneia. 29mm,...
Here are my two Philip II's. The first is a lifetime coin. My understanding with the horse direction is: Horse facing left: Always a lifetime...
Although his personal account has been lost, it was widely consulted during antiquity, and many of the accounts that have survived were influenced...
In terms of the age of Kassander, Ptolemy I Soter didn't seem so bad of a guy. He had a completely awful son in Ptolemy Keraunos, but Ptolemy II...
Well said. Recently, I caused a bit of uproar in the family when I purchased a Judea Capta from Vespasian. I didn't have any Vespasian coins and...
It's amazing that this bottle has lasted so long! One question though: how do you know it's Roman? It's obviously old, but how does one know it's...
It's an interesting article and I'm sure the find is of great importance, but I don't see enough from the article to justify assigning it to...
As I mentioned, I'm new to ancient coin collecting. When I first started, I made a list of three coins that I had to have: - An Athenian tet....
Nice coin! There are a number of theories on what killed Alexander, including typhoid and some congenital disorders. Here's a summary.
Those are nice horse varieties! I also read the same book. I wish he'd write a sequel that follows the rise of Seleukos and the war against Antigonos.
Hello everyone! This is one of the latest coins in my collection. I debated about this coin for some time due to the flan crack, but I really...
What an amazing coin! This looks to disprove question #3, since this looks a lot like a city-scape - almost placing you in the center of the...
Hello everyone, Recently, I picked up this Mazaios stater that was too amazing to pass up. First, it has the traditional lion taking down a bull....
I agree that the legs look crossed. Here’s mine, a posthumous half obol, Babylon mint and often attributed to Peithon. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] 46g...
Yes, I noticed that too. Interestingly, its twin that I found on acsearch has the same funky soft obverse and oval reverse. I'm still a beginner...
Thought I'd share my latest acquisition, taken with a brand new lens. I'm super excited about the coin, though I do understand that attributions...
Well, since you said I can have any coin, I'll take the gold 20 stater from Eukratides I. I'm sure La Bibliothèque Nationale de France would let...
Do you mean Antigonos I Monophthalmos (one-eye)? He never minted coins in his own name, nor with his own image. He did mint coins, but they're...
So, the counterfeiter obtains a genuine coin and makes a mold of it. Then, rather than holding onto the original to make tracing more difficult,...
Thank you everyone for all of your advice! I unpacked the coin, rubbed it with a toothpick, and found that whatever the stuff is, it's coming off....
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