20231209

ISRAEL; First Roman War CE 66-73

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  AE Prutah; 14mm, 2.33 g,   Year 2= CE 67/68 Hendin (5 th ed) 1360 O: amphora with broad rim and two handles שנת שתים R: vine leaf w...
20231117

ROMAN Provincial; Thrace; Rhoimetalkes III CE 38-46 & Caligula CE 37-41

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AE 22 mm, 6.65 g, possibly Abdera mint CE 38-41 RPC 1724.2  (six specimens recorded) Youroukova 210, plate XXV O: Laur bust of Caligula left...
20231109

IRELAND Pre-Decimal Farthing 1940

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 KM#9 AE Farthing, 1940 mintage: 192,000 14th century Harp in the Long Room at Trinity College Library Dublin, Summer 2023 National Symbol o...
20231023

FRANCE/ Napoleon I 1804-1815

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AR 5 Francs, Bayonne mint, 1813, Pierre-Joseph Tiolier, General Coin Engraver Paris (1803-1815) and Pierre-Boniface Darripe, Mint Master Bay...
20231005

Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius III BCE 97/6-88/7

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 Æ 19 mm, 6.81g Damascus mint. c. BCE 95-94 SC 2454.5 SNG Spaer 2836   O: Radiate diad. bust r. R: BACΙΛΕΩC ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟV ΘΕΟV on rt., ΦΙΛ...

Greece/Seleucid; Demetrius II Nikator (First Reign) BCE 146-138

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 AE24, 10.55 g, 24mm, Antioch mint, BCE 145-144   SC 1912.1d   O: laur. Hd of Zeus r. dotted border.   R: BAΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΔΗMHTPIOY in two li...
20230925

GREEK/Seleucid; Petr Vesely's Antiochos VIII Philometor; The coins reposted and updated from Seleukid Traces.info

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  On the total majority of royal coins issued during the sole reign of Antiochos VIII, 1  either the epithet  Epiphanes  (“Illustrious” or “...
20230914

LUXEMBOURG/EU-2 Euro Commemorative for the 175th Anniversary of the Chamber of Deputies

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  €2 Commemorative, minted in Paris, 120,000 examples minted.                                    Photo of the Chambre des Deputies de Luxemb...
20230903

ROMAN/Diocletian CE 284-305 Tripolis Mint

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  AE Antoninianus; 20 mm, 3.39 g, 6h, Tripolis mint c. CE 284-286 RIC 330 variety RCV 12670 variety O: rad, drap, cuir bust r. IMP C G VAL D...

ROMAN/Probus CE 276-282 Tripolis mint

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  AE Antoninianus; 22mm, 3.86 g, 11h, Tripolis mint c. CE 280-281 RIC 928 Hunter 349-350 O: rad cuir bust r IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG R: Probus...
20230830

IRELAND Fifty Years in the EU Commemorative 1973-2023

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 2 Euros, 2023 mintage 500,000                                         Irish, American and EU Flags in Aghadoe Co. Kerry,  May 2023
20230828

ROMAN EGYPT/Hadrian CE 117-138 Ex: ETB and Dattari Collections, RPC Plate Coin

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Bi Tetradrachm, 14.28 g, 23 mm, 12h, Alexandria mint RY 5=CE 121-122 RPC III online 5256/20 (this coin) Dattari-Savio Plate 61, 1320 (this c...
20230720

GREEK/Seleukid; Seleukos II BCE 246-226

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AE 17 mm, 4.92 g, 12h, Sardis mint before the revolt of Hierax SC 660.2 var. unlisted control marks pairing. Primary control of 660.2 on l...
20230714

ISLAMIC/Samanid; Nasr II b. Ahmad CE 914-943/ AH 301-331

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  AE Fals; 24 mm, 2.19 g, Bukhara mint AH 308/CE 920-921 Album 1452 O: Shahada in center, around     بسم الله ضرب هذا الفلس ببخارا سنة ث...
20230705

British Colonial Ireland & America; Wood's Half Penny, 1723

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AE Half Penny; 26mm; 6h, 7.63 g.  KM 117 Breen 157 SCBC 6601 O: laur bust of George I r, GEORGIUS DEI GRATIA REX R: Hibernia with Harp seate...
20230609

ROMAN/Gratian CE 367-383

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  AE 4, 14 mm, 1.17 g, 12h, Cyzicus mint c. CE 383 RIC 22a RCV 20161 O: DN GRATIANVS PF AVG diad draped cuir bust r. R: VOT/XX/MVLT/XXX in e...
20230603

A visit to Ireland

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 2016 €2 Commemorative of the 1916 Easter Rising obtained in change, and was the only commemorative, other than a 2007 Austrian €2 commemora...