I hope to have a few more "substantial" coins to post soon, but meanwhile here are two more "snacks". [ATTACH] Coin 1: Indo-Greeks. Hermaios,...
I have a lot of coins that could fit the OP criteria- that's one of the main reasons I collect. But if I had to sell or give away all my...
...I still like coins. [ATTACH] Does anyone else here like coins? ;)
"Of all the souls I have encountered on my travels, his was the most... human." :vulcan:
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm (19 mm, 3.38 g). Vologases I (c. 51- 78 CE). Obverse: Bearded and diademed bust left, Aramaic initials WL...
Technically not new- I've had these $2 junk box finds sitting around for a while- but I finally got around to working them up and thought I'd...
The Artuqids, Zengids, and several other Turkic dynasties struck a fairly extensive series of "Turkoman Figural Bronze" coins from around 1150 to...
[ATTACH] (Two coins) Kuninda. AE reduced karshapanas (late 1st century BCE- 80 CE). Obverse: Deer facing right, goddess standing, Brahmi legend...
Here's three more coins I picked up from the $2 junk box at the show in March. First, Italy, 10 centesimi, 1894, mintmark BI (Birmingham). In...
Reminds me of the Ankh-Morpork "Nearly Gold Dollar" from Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels. The dollar coin in Ankh-Morpork is not made of gold,...
A couple of years ago, at the Baltimore Whitman show, I was at an ancient dealer's table looking at a Parthian tetradrachm. I had taken the coin...
[ATTACH] Kushan Kingdom. Gandhara mint. AE reduced tetradrachm (10.38 g). Huvishka (c.158- 195 CE). Obverse: King on elephant-back facing right,...
[ATTACH] Coin 1. Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Phraates III (c.70-57 BC). Mithradatkart mint. Obverse: Diademed bust left with short beard....
Another coin from the March junk box: Bhutan, deb rupee (half rupee), no date, struck c. 1835-1910. This is a rather crude coin for the 19th...
Here's part of my world coin junk box haul from the March Baltimore Whitman show. France, 10 centimes, 1854 W (Lille mint): [ATTACH] Napoleon III...
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom. AR drachm. Osroes II (c. 190- 208 CE). Obverse: Bust of king left, wearing diadem and tiara. Reverse: Degraded...
[ATTACH] Yutian Kingdom, Khotan. AE 6 zhu (3.35 g). In the name of Gurgamoya (c.30- 60 CE), posthumously struck c. 2nd- 3rd century CE....
Second coin is Taiwan (Republic of China), 1 dollar, year 49 of the Republic (1960 AD). Bottom photo is upside down.
@lordmarcovan : Yes, the fact that Chinese coins were cast makes it even harder- finding signs of casting on a coin do nothing to tell you whether...
[ATTACH] China, State of Zhao. AE square foot spade (4.04 g, 42 mm tall). Obverse: Inscription in Chinese "An Yang". Reverse: Lines. Hartill...
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