A lady at the antique shop I frequent knows my interest in coins and I haven given her lots of costume jewelry for her to sell, so in return she...
Not my first Greek but now my oldest and only silver one. A Miletos diobol minted between 510-494 BC and weighing in at about .86 grams...
Mithridates II or Mehrdad the Great (Tears IX) is the ninth Shah of Iran from the Parthian dynasty, which ruled from about 124 to 87 BC. He was...
It is believed that Nadir shah king of Iran from 1736 to 1747 was the first ruler who engraved world IRAN on his coins after Muslim conquests....
I bought this the other day because I thought it was a good price ($7.00) and I like horses. Of course I have questions : Does it look genuine?...
Every now and then an example becomes available that is worn enough to cause serious aurei collectors to have no desire for it, yet still has...
Hello CT, I have been part of the forum for one or two years now, and I mainly collect US coins, silver, and do swaps on Numista to fill my...
Hello! This is a repost from “Coinstar find” under the World forum which the community requested to move it here. Please let me know what your...
I've been following these conversations and such about the ancient coins, Roman in general and I can't believe the knowledge flowing through here....
Found this in our coinstar machine. Not even sure if it’s foreign, US, or even real. Any thoughts? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
While looking to create my top 10 ancients list for this: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/it-is-about-that-time-to-start-thinking.370239/, I’ve...
I saw this coin at a coin shop and the owner gave me permission to photograph it for research purposes. I didn't do too well photographing it but...
"Better one sparrow in thy hand than a thousand on the wing" - Proverbs of Ahikar the Wise, 6th Century Assyria, #51 [ATTACH] Noodle snacks, CC...
I have agreed to take on a project of identifying 263 coins, including ancients, pre-post American Revolution, and various world coins in the...
Hi everyone! I'm a newb from the states, been collecting ancients for about a year now and learning a lot. So i finally decided to actually join...
Hello everyone, I'm considering updating my roman silver coin storage set-up to something more long term. I was thinking storing the coins in...
Can anyone help identify this little 16mm Roman coin? It looks Constantinian but the legend is very worn. Many thanks :-)
[IMG] Hi all. I recently bought these denarii for what I believe was a good price from a well established ebay seller. Im relatively new to...
Hey everyone I was hoping someone could help me Identify what I am assuming is an Ottoman Empire Coin. I believe the faded symbol within the...
Hi! So recently I bought 10 ancients for $40 total, but I can't ID some of them :( Could y'all help me, and tell me the approximate value of...
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