@Milo W - nice coin! I really like these Brettii coins with the wreath on the obverse and the lyre symbol on the reverse. It is supposedly the...
You posted this last year with the same photos: What is this? | Coin Talk At the time, I sent you this message: This Polyrrhenia drachm die type...
My favorite Carthaginian Third Punic War coins are the rare gold 2/5 shekels, even more rare 1/5 shekel with a horse head on the reverse, and a...
@Alegandron - very nice double shekel. These serrated silver double shekels are rare and the shekels are even more rare. Here is a great article...
@Alegandron - very nice style Sardina AE. I like the trishekels too. I couldn't resist getting another Sardinia AE of decent style earlier this...
The running joke for ancient coin auction bogus provenance is “old Swiss collection” Got this coin from NAC Autumn Sale:...
@1934 Wreath Crown - you did not include the references. Both coins are Boehringer 41 (V26/R25) You can see the reference Die Munzen von Syrakus...
Bruttium, Terina AR drachm 350-300 BC 1.4 g, 12 mm O: female head right wearing sphendone; ΤΕΡ upward lower left R: Nike seated left on cippus,...
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...
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