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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Parthicus, post: 2560683, member: 81887&quot;]Thanks for the positive feedback, everyone.&nbsp; Guess I will have to take the time to properly photograph and write up some of the individual coins.&nbsp; Fortunately, that sounds like a lot of fun<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m not native to Baltimore, but I have lived here for 12 years, and the city has grown on me.&nbsp; Little Italy has some good restaurants, though the best Italian food in the area is from my mother&#039;s kitchen.&nbsp; (It is possible I am biased in this assessment.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is just the hint I needed!&nbsp; I&#039;ve now got this coin as coming from Mesembria in Thrace, 3rd-2nd century BC.&nbsp; Sear (Greek Coins and Their Values) 1677.&nbsp; I&#039;ve also managed to ID the Sri Lankan coin to Sahasa Malla, 1200- 1202 AD.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Well, let&#039;s just say there&#039;s a reason I showed this side rather than the other.&nbsp; It came ID&#039;d to Artabanos III (80-90 AD), Sellwood 74.11, though I want to check that myself.&nbsp; (The beard doesn&#039;t look quite right to me for Artabanos III.)&nbsp; Agreed that the sprues make the coin- I probably would have passed on it otherwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>Ah, that explains the crack.&nbsp; I had looked up &quot;Bela III coin&quot; online and found some other examples of this coin, but none made it clear that this is a scyphate type.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t worry, there were still plenty of cool coins left when I finished yesterday.&nbsp; Please post your haul here![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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