After years of having my coins in flips and acrylic holders I decided to commission these two displays out of mahogany. Now that they are done I...
Looking for other's input and possibly personal experience on this wooden try design that I'm building to display my ancients. This wooden tray...
For those of you following this work, I thought you might enjoy a technical problem I had recently when adding an Antiochos VIII tetradrachm to...
I have a couple of small Gorgoneion coins from Asia Minor and would love to know more about them and why so many cultures seemingly depicted these...
Wondering if anyone can shed some light on this as the internet is quite cryptic on the topic of why Zeus Oranios appears on some coins and what...
[IMG] Syria, Antioch / Antiochos VIII / AR, 26.5 mm, 16.6 gm / 112-110 BC Obv: Diademed head of of Antiochos VIII right Rev: Zeus standing left...
[IMG] Colchis, DiosKourias / Mithridates VI / AE, 17mm, 4.8 gm / 105-90 BC Obv: Two Pileus caps with stars above Rev: ΔΙOΣKOYPIAΔOΣ with thyrsos...
To obtain a proper sense of what Thymbra was like I gather one has to study the era of Troy since Thymbra seems so influenced by it's much larger...
The first thing I'll admit is that this is not a topic for someone that is adversed to technology. I fully understand that I am solving problems...
Very few Roman Republic coins in my collection but this one at-auction recently was too beautiful to pass up, (not to mention one of the few that...
I am wondering if anyone with access to the SNG Volume on Mysia or other similarly useful references can speak to any known variant of this little...
[IMG] Pantikapaion / AE, 20mm, 7.6gm / 310-303 BC Obv: Bearded head of Pan/Satyr facing right with ass's ear Rev: Π-A-N, forepart of griffin...
[IMG] The seller's attribution labeled this Ariarathes IX and I can see some resemblence but the nose is just off. All of Ariarathes profiles...
[IMG] I've not really delved into this type much but know how abundantly common obverse depictions of Alexander the Great surely are. I am...
I was really excited about finding the time to do this writeup and posted on a couple of other forums. Apologies if you've already seen this. It's...
2.8 gm, AE 16 mm obv: Helmeted head with 8 pointed star of Athena right rev: owl standing facing on palm, with wings spread I gather the dating...
than with a beautiful Kabeiros from Birytis? [ATTACH] [ATTACH] I've perused the forums for a few years but mostly have found my community at...
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