This has always been a favorite coin of mine. I have seen a handful of examples sold over the years. Only a few are in as good a shape as this one...
I picked this one up a couple of years ago and have not seen one since. This coin comes from the currency period known as the last Kochosen. A...
I have always been fascinated with the coins of Taprobane (the name of Sri Lanka as it was known to the ancient Greeks.) Digging around in the...
I was going through the treasure box and found a wee LRB that needed some attention. I forgot how high grade this guy is. It is one of my best...
I wanted to share one of my favorites from my collection. A 40 nummis of the post- Roman period. We all know Rome didn't fall in AD 476 it merely...
Hey All, Long time no see. I haven't purchased an ancient coin in a couple of years, and even longer since I purchased a Greek coin, but I did...
I already owned a very rare portrait coin of Gotamiputa Siri Yajna Satakarni , but I found an upgrade. I ended up paying a little more than two...
Comments please. 31.3 mm x 7.93 grams [ATTACH]
I am sure most of you are tired of me posting coins of South East Asia. Reeling in my multitude of defeats in the most recent Steve Album...
One of three unseen coins that arrived yesterday... I hate auctions...but I won this time. I had spotted this coin and two others from a seller...
This large fine silver coin represents the main series of Pyu coinage, originating in Sri Ksetra at the height of Pyu dominance. This coin...
So some of saw my thread on the development of coinage in Southeast Asia. I briefly touched on the coin type referred to as the Rising Sun. In...
Recently, I posted a coin of Ancient Burma (Myanmar), for fun as a "Mystery Coin of the Day, of which @TIF was able to deduce its origin. She was...
Open for guesses - the new mystery coin of the day!!! 28 mm x 8.14 grams Fine Silver! [ATTACH]
Two very interesting specimens and probably the least understood of coins of antiquity. Mitchiner in his 1979 publication Oriental Coins and Their...
After @zumbly had posted his thread about cleaning his coin. I felt inspired and attempted a clean on some unsightly black much that was on much...
Hey folks - picked up another penny for a good price. This time it is of King John, made famous in life for being forced signing the Magna Carta...
Here is my original write up on one of my favorite rulers - and here is my new slightly improved upgraded Menander tetradrachm....
Wew..its been a while. I was convinced to go to a coin show with @Collect89 and a mutual friend not to far away in Willimantic, CT. I imagined I...
https://www.baue.com/obit/david-m-murrey/#.WIve9fOlD1Q.mailto It is with a heavy heart that I announce the sudden and unexpected passing of a...
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