Look at my newest find of Roman and Greek coins I found at the auction Saturday in Florida. 1 is a Roman Bizentine Khusroe 1 Ramson silver coin dated 500 to 520 AD also 2 Roman Gallienus silver wash dated 250 AD and 1 Greek coin with a man on a horse silver coin dated 100 BC and 1 Greek Goddess Athena coin with a bull on the rev dated 167 BC. I couldn't believe the condition of these coins when I saw them and I don't really buy old bronze coins this age because most of the time you can't see anything on them but I did buy the 1 dated 167 BC because of the condition of this one. The pictures are ok but I don't want to remove them from there coin holders and take any chances, the details are incredible. I'm very pleased with my purchase. Take a look and let me know what you all think. Thanks itsallngoodtime Bob
For being how old the coin is, it has been kept in excellent condition, I myself own a roman coin from around 160 AD, my coin is not any where near that good of a condition like yours. Good find.
First of all, the "Greek" coin with the horse is actually Indo-Scythian, though I can't tell you much more from the picture. I'm thinking that the "Athena" coin (assuming that that's the 4th one down) is as well, because that writing doesn't look Greek (and that doesn't look like Athena to me). The "Bizentine" coin is actually from the Sassanid Empire, which controlled Iran and much of the Middle East in that period, and if they were right about the emperor (it looks right, but I don't know Sassanid coins that well, and it sounds like they made plenty of errors in attributions) it dates from 531-579. The Gallienus coins are indeed what he said they were, and the age was close (they could really fall just about anywhere from 253-268). You might want to show us the backs of these to see if we can help you identify them any better. Don't be afraid to take these out of their holders, as they're all reasonably common coins, even in this condition. I hope you didn't pay too much for them.
