Sharing a Drachm from Bruttium that arrived recently. Thank you for the resources - I'm eager to dive into them now that I have some attributing...
Somehow incorporating the void under the display for information is an awesome idea. I've tried using NFC chips that are so small they just reside...
Ah I love those acrylic trays -- I have a few myself. Thanks for sharing the way you organize.
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...
@Milo W I'm researching a coin from Bruttium myself. Were you able to find any useful online references or did you mostly use books as references?
One of my joys in collecting ancients is learning about the many cultures that shared the human experience. Thank you for sharing!
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...
Thank you. The whole system has been online for a couple of years now but coin attributing has only been popular with this tech for a couple of...
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...
Your subject-knowledge is always truly appreciated @Ed Snible -- Thank you!
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...
In researching a monogram that appears on a Antiochos VIII I purchased recently I realized we have a tet from the same artist -- which is cool....
I could totally buy that. The elongated Phi with a Lambda placed at it's bottom. I would presume that the A below depicts Antioch?
Antiochos VIII evidently has the moniker 'Grypus' which translates to 'hook nose' which this portrait really depicts well!
[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...
What a beautiful collection - even if it is your 'outbox'. Can you tell us more about the stone underneath the coins? I see what looks like imprints.
Please share one when you uncover a gem!
[IMG] Colchis, DiosKourias / Mithridates VI / AE, 17mm, 4.8 gm / 105-90 BC Obv: Two Pileus caps with stars above Rev: ΔΙOΣKOYPIAΔOΣ with thyrsos...
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