ARABIA, Adraa. Gallienus. AD 253-268. Æ 31mm (21.72g, 12h). Dated CY 151 (AD 256/7). Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, gorgoneion on...
I have this unique piece from Neapolis in Samaria, really like the portrait: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nabataea, Aretas IV quarter drachm. Very rare type, maybe five are known. [ATTACH]
Let me dilute these recently posted 'overpriced' coins with a truly overpriced one: [ATTACH] Pontius Pilatus prutah, extremely common coin (there...
Sounds like fun! Can you post some pictures?
Look totally normal to me
I have several coins from them. All have very artificial patina. They probably do some harsh chemical cleaning in bulk, and after that glue on...
You call 10,000 a huge number? I actually find that in my field, provincial coins of Southern Levant, 10 (ten!) coins is the magic number after...
Sorry if it sounded aggressive, I definitely don't try criticize @galba68 work as a whole. Just my completely subjective opinion that in this...
I feel the cleaning damaged the surface, for this coin a more conservative would have been better.
Malichus II year 1 drachm [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I am a niche collector, and the coins I collect are by definition much more rare than your typical Roman imperial or Greek coins. There are many...
Damascus, Caracalla https://cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=298526
I can certainly understand these two bidders. If it is a must have rarity for a specialized collector the price can get very high. Last year I...
Many years since I opened this coin album, nowadays I specialize in provincials. Obviously not as nice as Victor's, but they were good enough for...
Maybe something like this https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/203
Last year I won a couple of coins on Zeus auction 22. Paid with credit card, got the coins, no issues. I was actually pleasantly surprised by...
No, this coin has quite clear Nabataean '30' and to the left of it another numeral, most likely '4'. So overall the date would be year 34 of...
I have coauthored a paper in one of very few journals dedicated to ancient numismatics, OZeAN. The paper describes several new Nabataean drachms,...
I try to attend when I can, hope to be there this year as well. Probably Saturday, on Sunday it is much more convenient but many coins are gone by...
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