It is said that there are three kinds of ancient coin collectors: Those who admit to having purchased fakes. Those who have purchased fakes and don’t admit it. Those who have purchased fakes and don’t know it.

The Deccan Plateau is the massive, elevated tableland that occupies the vast majority of the interior of the Indian peninsula. The word "Deccan" is an anglicized version of the Prakrit word dakkhin, which derives from the Sanskrit dakshina, meaning "south." Geologically, it is a staggering formation - a huge shield of ancient volcanic rock.Geologists call this region the Deccan Traps. It is one of the largest volcanic features on planet Earth.

With ancient coins, left facing portraits are not inherently more valuable than right facing, however for some issues the left facing version is a rarity that specialists will pay more for. Left facing Roman imperial female portraits are particularly rare. For Roman republican coins left/right portrait is not a way to tell price. Here's the first left facing portrait on a Roman Republican denarius. This coin from 137 BC is a relatively common coin and is one of the least expe

Odessos (modern Varna, Bulgaria) began as a Milesian apoikia (colony) on an older Thracian settlement in the late 7th-early 6th century BCE and became a leading member of the Pontic Pentapolis, trading between the Aegean world and inland Thrace.