Here is a coin that I get to both thank and blame my friend @zumbly for. :D I have been wanting one ever since he posted his example overstruck on...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Egypt, Alexandria Antoninus Pius BI Tetradrachm, Alexandria mint, RY 11 = AD 147/8. Dia.: 24 mm Wt.: 13.81 g Obv.: ANTωNEINOC...
I find the coins struck at Magnesia on the Meander under Themistokles in the later part of his life to be fascinating. When I began to research...
This thread is going to be a double header... literally! I have quietly and somewhat unintentionally (until recently) been building up a...
With AMCC 3 just around the corner (hopefully?) I thought I would take the opportunity to post a coin I won in AMCC 2 back in 2019. I always like...
My first coin of 2021 comes packed with plenty of historical interest. I always enjoy it when a coin type I own was mentioned directly by an...
2020 was not a good year for my collection and I was not able to add very many coins this year. Therefore, I’ve had to scale back my typical Top...
[ATTACH] PHOENICIA, Berytus. Caracalla, 197-217 AD. AR Tetradrachm, Berytus mint, struck AD 215-217. Dia.: 28 mm Wt.: 13.0 g Obv.: AVT KAI...
I have had this coin since late last year when I received it from the magnificent collection of @Theodosius . However, I have only recently been...
I have been able to buy very few coins this year for various reasons that can be summed up in one word; 2020. For the few coins that I have...
I’ve been working on my sub-collection of the Nerva Antonine Dynasty in Imperial Silver for a few years now and I have finally reached an...
[ATTACH] Medieval Croatia Republic of Ragusa Anonymous AR Dinar, Dubrovnik mint, struck ca. AD 1337-1438 Dia.: 18 mm Wt.: 1.11 g Obv.: St. Blaise...
I enjoy knowing something about the people who collected the coins from my collection before me. It’s fun to share a connection with someone from...
This coin is extra cool because it is a lifetime issue of Alexander the Great and because it used to belong to my friend @Severus Alexander !...
This is one of the gems I picked up recently from AMCC 2. I do not have very many medieval coins but I always enjoy the posts from our medieval...
Chinese coins are so outside of my knowledge base that I know very little about the numismatic minutia that goes into their study and attribution....
This coin is yet another of my AMCC 2 wins. I love the size and heft of these tetradrachms and the eagle on this example is really nice as well....
My AMCC 2 wins arrived earlier this week and I was excited to receive my first ever coin from the famed BCD collection. This coin has a lot of...
I’m at it again with my Nerva-Antonines in Imperial Silver! This one is a nice coin I picked up of one of the lesser known figures of the high...
I bought this coin as part of my Nerva-Antonine Dynasty in Imperial Silver sub-collection. It was one of my favorite coins of 2018. I am...
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