An excellent and very historical coin! I have a (worn) JVDAEA CAPTA denarius, but not the sestertius version. COngratulations!
Well, they're both right. This design (Yong Le Tong Bao) was first issued in Ming China. It was later copied in Japan (read in Japanese as Ei...
Thanks for the info. So, my coin probably wasn't directly involved in the Second Punic War, but still a cool bit of Roman Republic history.
You may very well be right- my catalogue attributions to Crawford and Sydenham were from the seller (Frank S. Robinson) as I don't possess either...
[ATTACH] Roman Republic. Anonymous, after 211 BCE. AR victoriatus. Obverse: Laureate head of Jupiter right. Reverse: Victory crowning trophy,...
Hello markw, glad you enjoyed this coin. I don't specialize in Himyarite or other Arabian coins, but I do collect mostly "Eastern" coins...
[ATTACH] Bactrian/Indo-Greek. Square AE chalkos. Menander (c. 160- 145 BCE). Obverse: Head of elephant right wearing bell around neck, Greek...
[ATTACH] Kushan Kingdom. AE tetradrachm. Huvishka (c.158- 195 CE). Obverse: King right on elephant-back facing right, Kharoshti legend around...
I attended the Baltimore Whitman Coin Expo today (November 7, 2025). I arrived about 10:30 AM (half an hour after the doors opened to the public)...
Personally, I'd take B. I prefer a coin with honest wear and smooth surfaces over one with a higher "technical" grade but with grainy or damaged...
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These seem to be the same as a coin I identified as Bela III (1172-1196): https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-id.287536/#post-2585841
[ATTACH] Normans of Sicily. Messina mint. AE follaro (13 mm, 2.00 g). Tancred (1189-1194) with his son and co-king Roger III (1192-1193)....
[ATTACH] Parthian Kingdom, Seleukia on the Tigris mint. AE core of fourree tetradrachm (10.67 g, 25 mm). Vologases I (c.51- 78 CE), dated 380...
[ATTACH] Sasanian Persian kingdom. AR drachm. Kavad I, second reign (499-531), dated Royal Year x8 (probably 18). Obverse: Crowned bust of...
[ATTACH] Elymais. AE drachm. Phraates (c. early-mid 2nd century CE). Obverse: Bearded bust of king left, wearing diadem and tiara with...
First coin I think is Nepal, second is Tibet. Very roughly 19th century, datewise. These can be dated/attributed a lot more precisely, if you...
[ATTACH] Ilkhans (Mongols of Persia). AR dirham 2.76 g, 21 mm). Possibly Tabriz mint. Time of Abaqa (1265-1282 CE/665- 680 AH), date unclear...
[ATTACH] China. North and South Dynasties period, Northern Wei, Emperor Xiao Zhuang, Yong An period (c.529 CE). AE cash (22 mm). Obverse: Four...
China, Zhejiang (Chekiang) Province, 10 cash, no date (1903-1906). I really like the Chinese Imperial dragon on the reverse: [ATTACH]
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