All I got from this Triton sale is a couple of catalogs and a calendar. My prebid for a Staffieri coin turned out to be woefully insufficient.
@TIF Centaur, cupid, hippocam, winged snake - your ‘unusual locomotion’ coins are awesome! Where’s the plate image from? Do you have the book or...
Doug, please see item 495 here: http://www.akropoliscoins.com/page3d.html It’s the same as your coin. I just searched using the Greek spelling. I...
Interesting patina and chipping. Do you have a pic with it in the ground where you found it?
Superb selection and presentation. Tough to pick a favorite. Maybe #6; just maybe.
Happy New Year! Wishing double cornucopia to all cointalkers! [ATTACH] From the Hermanubis collection. Photo courtsey of cng.
Some of my issues with last sec bidding: mistyped my pwd, inet/router had a blip, woke up after the lot had closed, typed an invalid amount (still...
#3 is my favorite. I love river gods, but have never seen one reclining on a bridge before. I looked up an example with more detail on the reverse...
Interesting coin and discussion. Found a couple of “Epis de maïs” in the thread. => blé, pas maïs. Like on Orfew’s coin. Corn was introduced to...
The man-faced-front-facing-bull is amazing!
#1 is my favorite. Ardavan, interesting king and reign - check Front facing - check Good detail (look at those eyes) - check Not something you...
There’s a lot to like in that group! What are the reverses for the AP & ID at 9 o’clock?
Nice work, @jamesicus! I like your Claudius Spes sestertius a lot.
That P Nerva denarius is awesome. I really wanted it. But I am out of bugdet. 2 to life, according to my wife. Please let me know the year when...
@Theodosius my coin has similar patina From Heliopolis, photo cortesy of CNG [ATTACH]
I’m sure the government can afford to pay prices just above black market for unclean coins to encourage reporting. Their history/heritage is very...
This got me curious, so I checked out the result of the google translation. It didn’t do well on the ‘stellenweise’ nuance. Basially, horn silver...
According to Tabari (& Theodor Nöldeke), the story goes that Ardashir stomped on Ardavan’s (Artabanos’) head. What Ardashir did to his brothers is...
This is a coin from a recent @John Anthony auction. It has a wonderful patina and very good 3D feel, including thickness; better than a picture...
Very interesting coins. Ολυνθιος means of/from Olynthus, afaik. What’s the relationship between Tarsos and Olynthus?
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