Tip: You can usually fit in a few more shelves by getting rid of your bed.1wk ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/bookshelf
Fox at Peterhof Palace. R/foxes photos often look accidentally Renaissance, but this time the early-18th cent Russian setting really did it for me4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AccidentalRenaissance
Some of my favorite silver coins with cabinet tone or old collection toning, roughly chronologically over ~1100 years, from Archaic Greek to middle Byzantine era, c. 485 BCE - 625 CE. (I've posted many here individually before. Most have been in various collections for at least 50-100 years.)11mo ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Yuri next to pile of nebbie leftovers after his morning brushing/combing. It was an average day4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/nebelung
I dunno if Yuri's milk bib disqualifies him from nebbiehood but I give him bonus points for sitting weird4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/nebelung
Some of my facing heads on Greek coins, c. 5th to 3rd cent. BCE. Various regions, periods, deities in no particular order. (Some are dealer photos, some mine. Perhaps not exactly to scale...)2yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Aegina Sea Turtle AR Stater (new from Nomos Obolos 16, 772). Video linked. Some comments on what I look for in one of these3yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
An interesting map showing findspots from the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire project (CHRE, Ashmolean). Amazing to see how far east and north they're found. (It's actually cropped -- there's one as far east as Okinawa!) Some links in comment.6mo ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Small Baal, Big Baal! Cilicia, Tarsos AR Stater & AR Obol, struck mid-4th century BC until Alexander III took the city (and took the mint's engravers & their design for his own tetradrachms!)3yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
My new Julius Caesar elephant denarius just arrived from Kirk Davis Catalog 74! Lovely cabinet tone (more even/attractive than I could capture w phone camera!)4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Byzantine Gold Solidus of Constans II & Constans IV. Heraclius & Tiberius on Rev. Struck in Constantinople, ca 659-668 AD4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
A couple years deep by now, freestyle. Usually wear em tied back/braided/etc4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/Dreadlocks
Just some Sunday Night Ancient Coin Porn from my old collection photos (some of these have moved on to new homes by now)4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/coins
New Arrivals for Tiny Greek Silver Sub-Collection: Myrina Obol & Ephesos Tetartemorion4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Honest Wear, Denarius Group Lots from Auction. Often these lots are full of only Severan -era denari, happily surprised by plenty of Adoptives (I love my Hadrians!) & some Flavians4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Cilicia, The Sicily of the East? Another one that needs to be freed from ICG jail... photographed in light to show the high relief. My first/only Cilician AR Stater, just in from CNG4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Alexander III Tetradrachm. Finally (partly) identified! Rare, only 8 known. (Or, I see a tedious die-linking study in my future!) See Comments for video, discussion, background4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
A few new friends: Hello, Sestertii! Not necessarily the prettiest bunch, but I do enjoy my extra-large Roman coins4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
(Mostly) Silver Roman coins, ca 2nd-3rd cent AD. Not super valuable but some interesting ones from a group of 50 coins recently purchased5yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Can't wait for tomorrow: Safety deposit Wednesdays! Visiting my favorite Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine silver & gold coins4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/coins
Does anyone else feel seriously inspired by Aaron Paul's various roles to become a career criminal? He always makes me feel like it'd be awesome to be that guy4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/westworld
Tray of various unattributed Roman silver denarius (mostly) issues4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Trajan's famous Equestrian Statue, appearance known only from coins. SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI. See Comments for writeup & gallery/video4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Been a long time since I got so excited about such an unattractive coin! Rare auction bargain: Silver Koson Drachm (top coin) to go with my Koson Stater (below.) More in comments...4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Constantius II AR Siliqua. 1.79g. circa 337-361 AD, Lugdunum RIC 180. Neat little coin I'd forgotten about but found during visiting day at the bank vault!4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Which would you pick? All three are in my favorite style of portrait for Helios but Rhodes Didrachms (c .305-275BC) vary wildly from one set of dies to the next so it's hard to choose! If not for the scar, I'd def pick the center one -- undecided how much it detracts... Decisions, decisions!!4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Interesting find in a group lot from Naville Numismatics: One of the last Roman denarius issues, struck w almost no silver, under Aurelian ca. 274 AD4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
New Arrivals -- Ancient Greek Coins from Morton & Eden -- One Each from Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Periods4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Tray of interesting ancient Greek coins (mostly; some Numidian, Judaean, Roman Provincial, other) 5th BC - 3rd AD. Comments/gallery for more4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
One of my all-time favorites BUT it has conservator's wax (Renaissance Wax?) buildup around helmet & Pegasos’ back legs (l: after brushing it; center: dried out/cracked). Anyone experienced removing old wax from coins? Worried about losing old cabinet tone (already there when purchased c. 1992)3yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Quintillus, lovely portrait, stellar provenance: E.E. Clain-Stefanelli, Curator of National Numismatic Collection at Smithsonian, her original tag4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Some Weekend Ancient Coin Porn -- New Ancient Gold Coins 520 BC-565 AD (more in comment)4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/coins
No Elastic, No Mirror, Quick & Messy 60 Second Pre-Workout Up-Do. (See Video Linked in Comment)4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/Dreadlocks
Syracuse AR Tetradrachm c 450-440BC. Arethusa & dolphins / Nike, charioteer. I'm definitely no fan of slabbed ancients (esp on one of my favorites) but see comment w/ linked gallery4yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/AncientCoins
Special needs butterfly -- hope this isn't crazy, sorry for morbid topic, but -- she can't fly, more humane to live out life captive or end it quick? (Background in comment)5yr ⋅ KungFuPossum ⋅ r/Butterflies
