20121026

Greek/Seleucid; Alexander I Balas BCE 152-144

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AE 20 mm Serratus,  8.04g, Antioch mint,  c. BCE 147/6 SC 1793.4, CSE 195, HSC 900 (R1-2)  O: Diademed hd of Alexander I r, dott...

Anglo-Saxon England/Northumbria; Eanred CE 810-841

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AR Styca ( mm,   g,  h).  Eoferwic (York) mint; Huaetred, moneyer. Struck 810-circa 830.  North 186; SCBC 860. O: + EANRED REX, short ...

England; Plantagenet/Richard II CE 1377-1399

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Halfpenny, intermediate style, London Mint, facing crowned bust within circle, rev. long cross pattee, trefoils of pellets in angles...

GREECE/Seleucid; Antiochus VIII Grypus BCE 121/0-96

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AR Tetradrachm, 30.43 mm, 16.47 g, Sidon mint  Year 197/BCE 116/5  SC 2330.2, SNG Spaer 2577-78, HSC 1197g (R2), BMC 8, Babelon 1...

Pennies from the Collection of Andrew Wayne

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PLANTAGENET. Henry III. 1216-1272. AR Pennies. All coins: Long cross type. Class Vc. Canterbury mint; Moneyers: Ion, Robert, and Willem. S...
20120710

X-rays reveal secrets of Roman coins

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/jul/09/x-rays-reveal-secrets-roman-coins?INTCMP=SRCH
20120708

Archaeologists Uncover Gold Treasure Near Herzliya (Israel)

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http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/157609#.T_nIpGukd8E I first visited Apollonia/Arsuf , 25 years ago and remember picking u...
20120626

Jersey pair find Celtic and Roman coins worth up to £10m

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-18599281
20120613

England; Henry III CE 1216-1272

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AR Penny, 1.48 g, IIIb, Moneyer: Willem Mint: Oxford, c. CE 1248-1250 North 987, S. 1363 O: henricvs Rex III R: WILLEM ON OXON  [Wil...

Islamic; Umayyad CE 661-750

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Caliph 'Abdal-Malik  CE 685-705 AR Dirham, 2.74 g, Damascus mint AH 80 (CE 699-700) W.353, Album 128
20120611

Byzantine; Justinian CE 527-565

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AE 40 Nummia; 38 mm, 20.96 g, Constantinople mint, 3rd Officina, Anno XIII= CE 539-540 S. 163 O: DN IVSTINI-ANVS PP AVC R: see above.

Seleucid; Antiochus IV Epiphanes BCE 175-164

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AR Tetradrachm; 22.5 x 29 mm, 16.88 g, Ake-Ptolemais mint c. BCE 167-164 SC 1476.2d, SNG Spaer 1154 O: diad hd of Antiochus IV r., fille...
20120323

Hoard of Roman coins found near Roman Baths in Bath

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-17480016 http://www.romanbaths.co.uk/whats_on/beau_street_hoard.aspx from the photos it ap...
20120321

Lithuania under Sigismund I Jagiello CE 1506-1548

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Sigismund I Jagiello CE 1506-1548 AR Half Gross, 1.03 g, 20 mm, minted in Vilnius 1512 Kopicki 3136 O: +moneta:sigismvndi:IZ: Kni...
20120130

Greece; Seleucid, Demetrius II (1st Reign) BCE 146-138

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AE 20 mm, 8.78 g, perhaps Nisibis mint SC 1980 var. O: diad. Hd of Demetrius II r, with short beard, fillet border R: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΔHMHTP...
20120126

Colonial Brazil

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D. Pedro II of Portugal CE 1683-1706 AR 320 Reis (30mm, 9.65 g.), 1701 Pernambuco mint KM 89.2 O: NATA-STAB-SVBQ-SIGN arou...
20120123

Officials seize two ancient coins at NYINC

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http://www.coinworld.com/articles/officials-seize-two-ancient-coins-at-nyinc/ http://phdiva.blogspot.com/2012/01/greek-coins-seized-from-c...
20120113

Greece; Macedon, Alexander III BCE 336-323

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AR Obol;  0.69 g, 9 mm, Ake mint c. BCE 326/5 Price 3253 var. O: Hd of Herakles r. in lion skin R: inscription off flan, Zeus Aeotophor...