Who's waiting for a coin to arrive in the mail?

Speaking of books ... I recently picked up a very cheap ($10) used copy of this one.



The author's enthusiasm and sense of wonder about his subject spills over on every page. It truly is a treat to read! I should have paid more.

 

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I am also waiting on a set of books.

 

Love that book, well worth it.

 

Agreed. I read Marvin Tameanko's obituary last month and realised I had never gotten around to purchasing his book. I wish I hadn't waited so long ...

 

I'm waiting on an interesting coin, which I may write-up here after I receive and photo it. Still waiting for an invoice for my NYINC book auction score - I'm guessing the book and invoice may show at the same time. Also waiting for a couple of Second Punic War history books, including Livy. Today, I received a set of extension tubes for my camera, at @dougsmit suggestion. I'm anxious to give them a try. It's reached a point where the post office workers know me and go to the back room for my packages before I even reach the counter!

 

Still waiting on Roma Numismatics and Agora to send me my auction winnings.

 

I'm waiting on 2 from CNG and I haven't even gotten the email that they've shipped. Usually they're very prompt.

 

I received an email from Karen today that mine have shipped. Sounds like they are swamped, or short handed. Nasty head cold/bug going around...

 

I've heard that he tends to replace Roman terms with modern equivalents, but that doesn't bother me. I use his book "Legions of Rome" a lot, but that's more of a reference book. Does that one have a lot of "loose facts" too? I'd hate to think that I rely on an inaccurate book when researching the legions!

 

Supposedly this is from southeast Asia 700 to 1300 A.D. and depicts a cicada on the obverse and a church on the reverse. I've never seen a cicada with ten legs but there aren't any beetles with that many legs either. It does resemble some old jade cicadas, minus the legs. It may just be a tourist trinket but $10.00 shipped ain't bad.

 

Here is a taste.

http://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/archive/index.php/thread-20280.html

IMHO, his pushing forward odd or unprovable theories as fact is his most egregious error. His Great Fire of Rome book certainly ranks with one of the strangest reads on the subject I've yet encountered.

 

My recent Roma auction wins came registered international from the UK and took something like 10 days from close of auction to delivery I believe. Hopefully you will be as lucky.

 

Thanks for pointing me towards that thread. I'm disappointed that Dando-Collins isn't as accurate as I hoped, but I'm glad I found that forum. It has a lot of interesting discussions.

 

I have a few I'm anxiously awaiting as well :/

 

I am waiting on a shipment also. In this case, a german coin I bought in the U.S.

The main source of delay is not the actual shipment from the U.S to Europe. That usually take 7-10 days. What may really delay a shipment is when the package goes through customs. Sometime they do not, and it gets delivered in the usual 7-10 days.
If it goes through customs, on the other hand, it may take up to 6-7 weeks total, and cost you an additional 19% import tax...

 

I'm still waiting to receive a coin I won in Naumann 47, from way back in early October. It's a good thing I'm a practising supplicant of Patientia, the Roman goddess of delayed gratification .

 

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Wow, zumbly.. Don't know where your are located but you are certainly showing a lot of Patentia! have you checked you local customs office?

 

... I hired this kid to wait patiently for my recent CNG winnas

 

I suspect they had forgotten all about it. I last checked with them two weeks ago and they apologised for the delay, saying they would be sending it out immediately and that I would be receiving a tracking number. That was about 9 days ago - I'm still waiting for the tracking number .

 

One of the workers at my post office had a business selling used car parts by mail to Italy. He stopped due to the red tape. When I pick up packages from Italy and San Marino we discuss things I should see on my first trip there.