Coolest Thing To Walk In The Store This Week *World & Ancient Edition*

My guess is Roman Republic denarius of M. Cipius, from what I can make out of the obverse legend. M CIPI M F

I don't know Republic coinage well, so wait for Doug or Bing before you print up the billboards.

 

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The Ptolemy bronze is a hard one too. It's 33-34 mm and 33.6 grams with no marks appearing in the field.

 

Can you get us a clear shot of the reverse?

 

Surely you jest?? haha!

 

Dang LD, if I wasn't on the wagon...

 

Ptolemy IV-V. Æ Drachm. Alexandria mint. Svoronos 1423; Lorber & Faucher series 6A.

....and don't call me Shirley.

 

Nice, yah I agree, 100% => that's a very sweet bunch of ancients that walked into your shoppe yesterday ... congrats on several lip-smackin' winners!!

Shirleyx6

 

Today we bought 5 UNC Peru and Bolivia 8 Reales.

 

Man, sweet batch of silver! Those are not in common condition at all.

 

Probably send them off to the plastic factory.... still trying to decide.

 

Lovely stuff, Matt

 

As much as I hate plastic, there are at least a couple that are so superlative that you might have to in order to maximize your return. You do not know how much I hated just typing that.

 

I figured I'd make a few of you cringe....

 

Eh, it is what it is. You have to do what maximizes your return and pays your bills. I never begrudge a dealer making as much as he can, I just wish the world didn't require slabbing.

 

HEY HEY HEY!! Now I have yet to slab an Ancient.... All is not lost...

 

I agree. I hate plastic too.

 

I admit curiosity as to what the slabbers would assign to those coins. For that matter, I wonder if all here would agree which is the best of the bunch. Would all be graded or do you see things on some that should make them untouchable? Of course there are different standards for World coins than for US so I assume these would just get a descriptor at worst.

I do not have trouble with the concept of grading and authentication by experts. I find interesting what they see that upgrades or downgrades coins with varying issues. It is the placing the victim in a coffin that prevents seeing what you need to see to understand the coin that I find troubling.

 

This walked in today.

Francis 1 ecu d'or (1515-1547)

 

... And this feller.