this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2023
9 points (100.0% liked)

Ancient Coins

164 readers
1 users here now

A community for collectors of ancient and medieval coins.

ID requests are welcome, but please post clearly lit images of both sides of the coin as well as a picture of the edges of the coin.

Sales posts are welcome. Inspired by the old ancientcoins subreddit, memes and jokes are only allowed on the last day of the month.

I general, just be nice to each other :)

Buy coins

Identify coins

Clean coins

Other

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
EvilCartyen
[email protected]
9
Silver coin of Eucratides I, found in modern-day Tajikistan, 171–144 BC (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by PugJesus to c/ancientcoins
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why is there a second circle?

[–] PugJesus 2 points 1 year ago

Ancient coins were simply blanks hammered between dies before the development of the screw press in coinage. As such, they tend to be a little asymmetrical, especially when wear-and-tear is considered.