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Blake Davis replied to the thread Please help me identify this coin..
Looks exactly like the Greek bronzes I have a tendency to buy in bulk and there are always a half dozen or so that I just bang my head...
Apr 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM -
Blake Davis replied to the thread Bronze Disease?.
Bright blue is usually bad new but some verdigris can be bright blue. Bronze disease is such an awful problem my suggestion would be to...
Apr 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM -
Blake Davis liked Codera's post in the thread Post your latest ancient!.
Here's something a little different from the usual Greco-Roman stuff! Thought I'd look east towards Tang-Dynasty China for my new...
Apr 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Blake Davis replied to the thread Do you have any coin misses or regrets?.
John - agreed, but I can't imagine a more difficult way to make money than selling ancient coins - you have to be crazy to do it at any...
Apr 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM -
Blake Davis replied to the thread What's your (realistic) ancient collecting holy grails?.
A bunch of sestertii from this period are for sale but the prices for coins not in great condition - insane! For this in great condition...
Apr 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM -
Blake Davis replied to the thread Post your latest ancient!.
Fantastic coin! One aspect of looking at coins from collectors is seeing these examples not only of coins that spectacularly rare but in...
Apr 24, 2025 at 2:45 PM -
Blake Davis liked Finn235's post in the thread Post your latest ancient!.
I've actually been *mostly* good on my New Year's resolutions to decrease purchases and increase time sorting through and making some...
Apr 23, 2025
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Blake Davis liked Mr.MonkeySwag96's post in the thread Post your latest ancient!.
[img] C. 80 BC Obverse: Head of Juno Sospita wearing goat skin. Reverse: Juno Sospita in biga hurling spear. Serrated edges with a grey...
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Blake Davis liked Mr Ancient Coin's post in the thread Post your latest ancient!.
Roman gold baby! :) Heritage Coin pickup. My first gold coin. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Apr 23, 2025
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Blake Davis liked ambr0zie's post in the thread Post your latest ancient!.
I managed to refrain myself from that auction ... my finances are very low so this helped. Their very brief description is wrong. The...
Apr 23, 2025
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Blake Davis liked LukeGob's post in the thread Post your latest ancient!.
Love the idea of this thread. You're awesome, OP. Was gonna/probably still will post this as part of a 3 new Honorius coins post, but...
Apr 23, 2025
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Blake Davis liked Dafydd's post in the thread Post your latest ancient!.
Your comment about jinxing delivery made me smile @DonnaML I won several coins at the inaugural auction of Opisthodomos on Sunday, and...
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Blake Davis liked DonnaML's post in the thread Post your latest ancient!.
I just won this coin in today's CNG e-auction, so I obviously don't have it yet, and the write-up is CNG's, not mine. But it only has to...
Apr 23, 2025
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Blake Davis liked DonnaML's post in the thread Post your latest ancient!.
@Roman Collector, I hesitate to disagree with you, because I still consider myself a relative novice as a Roman coin collector compared...
Apr 23, 2025
