Nice Gorgoneion coins! My favorite facing gorgoneion heads are on the early coins of Neapolis. A stony wide-eyed stare, wrinkled nose, toothy grin...
Recently, I have gotten more interested in coins of ancient Crete, especially overstrikes. Here is a recent purchase (Seller’s photo): [ATTACH]...
@Vess1 I agree. Pegasi are exceptional coins. They were produced as trade coins in large numbers for centuries by Corinth, her colonies and cities...
I received an early Christmas present yesterday. I collect Punic coins and there are not many Carthage AEs I don't have. It is not in very good...
@panzerman Excellent and eclectic 2023 additions in your ongoing quest for gold coins! I meant to post this when you first posted about the...
@ArtDeco Wow! Dramatic improvement. In the photo, the surface where the deposits were looks the same as the rest of the surface. The coin looks...
@Curtis - nice Carthage El shekel I have seen similar red deposits on some of my Carthaginian AV/EL coins that appears to be different from the...
@ArtDeco - nice half shekel. These were struck at an uncertain southern Italian mint during the Second Punic War. Here is mine: [ATTACH]...
@-monolith- Even though the "standardized image size" of online auctions can be deceiving, you obtained two excellent miniature works of art!...
Emporiae as with dolphin and DD countermarks [ATTACH] Hispania, Emporaie AE as 9.91 g, 26 mm, 12 h 69-70 AD O: head Minerva right wearing...
Agree with @Cucumbor and @Mat Battle Creek Sanatorium Pharmacy circa 1900 [ATTACH] https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/5001 Perhaps the...
@robinjojo Thank you for the link. I saw this a few years ago and watched it again just last week when re-broadcast on PBS. The show is well...
Go to the NGC site for “verify NGC certification” These two coins are the ones shown for their respective numbers. Hopefully, you will be able to...
Nice drachms @Sulla80 and @cmezner ! One of my areas of collecting are the coin types of the Auriol Hoard (IGCH 2352) buried circa 475 BC. 2137...
@ArtDeco Great coins from the time of Hannibal! Two of my favorite styles for the types. After waiting 3 months, unlike the Romans, you must have...
Great thread and examples. Now a little different "portrait." [IMG] Not my coin - image from Roma, e-live 5, lot 2, 09/25/2022, Italo Vecci...
@red_spork Congratulations. A great addition to your collection. I really like the early RR coinage before the denarius. Here is mine, purchased...
@lordmarcovan Everyone is correct. Your coin is an early Siculo-Punic AE. The value of the bronze coins in relation to the contemporary precious...
@red_spork Excellent historic overstrike! There ae a lot of Carthage AEs with head Tanit left / horse standing right! But it is possible to...
@kentuckycoins Very nice style and a great addition! To find a provenance, I start with with attributing the coin. As @Curtis pointed out,...
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