My first ancients purchase was a group of several LRBs from a local coin store in the winter of 1992/3. The first one of these that I was able to...
The only ancient nickel coins I'm aware of were minted in Bactria (which was certainly Hellenistic, though I wouldn't call it "Greece" as it's...
Here's two coins I picked up at the Baltimore show last November: [ATTACH] Coin 1: Sasanian Kingdom. AR drachm. Hormazd IV (579- 590 AD),...
This is a great post, and now I feel a need to get a nice 1.2 or 1.3 for myself...
Congrats @furryfrog02 on the newest tadpole! I guess my most related coin would be this denarius of Faustina II with reverse of...
I have a very well-worn but (I think) still decently attractive As of Antonia, with the usual reverse of her son Claudius: [ATTACH]
Here's a sestertius reverse type that hasn't appeared in this thread yet, Victory inscribing a shield VIC PAR to honor Roman victory against the...
A lot of my collection was minted in Iran (and surrounding areas of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Turkmenistan). I would like to visit Iran someday, as...
I have a few imitative, my favorite is this imitation of a Constantine I with reverse of two Victories inscribing shield. The artistic style is...
I have two of these coins, a stater of Gerashtart of Arados: [ATTACH] And a didrachm of Tyre: [ATTACH]
Excellent choice for a first Augustus @Niccolo , here's my example of a related coin (Augustus issued quite a few varieties of Signis Receptis,...
Thanks to all contributors, especially @GinoLR for his thorough rundown of camels on ancient coins. Not sure if that qualifies as a "serious"...
@Inspector43 : Of course, you are welcome to use my description in cataloguing your collection, or whatever other purpose you want. Glad I could...
Obverse legend is "Divus Augustus Pater" so it appears to be a posthumous type for Augustus, issued by Tiberius. Reverse is a winged thunderbolt...
Second half of the reverse legend reads "Markianopoliton", so this should be from Markianopolis in Moesia Inferior. I'd start from there.
I have one of the same type as the OP coin, and yeah, it seems weird that they'd show a relief map on the reverse. But I've seen the comparison...
This AR dirham of the Ilkhan ruler Ghazan Mahmud (694-703 AH/1295-1304 AD) features a hawk on the reverse: [ATTACH]
@Gavin Richardson : Mintmarks on Sasanian coins start with Varhran IV (388-399) and dates start a while later, by the late Sasanian period both...
I just wanted to add a few comments. 1. Everyone is saying that the portrait on my OP coin looks like a zombie. Well, when I first posted it, I...
He probably looked something like this: [ATTACH]
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