Congrats! I was actually shooting for a coin from Elis myself, but it went beyond my limit. The Shapur was a really nice consolation. I have been...
I followed the Elsen auction today. Lost on all my watched lots, but snagged this beauty at starting bid, which made me very happy: [ATTACH]...
Interesting! My stag has no collar. More of a everyday-stag.
I was really stoked to unwrap a new coin today, and finding it looked far better than the auction picture. It is a really neat stater of late...
Happy to see so many book lovers! Here are most of mine. I don’t keep a lot of auction catalogs, they take too much space I think. [ATTACH]...
Bought a coin today, Juba I. Caesar tore his beard, and I'm sure that was well deserved because history remembers him as a scoundrel: [ATTACH]
I’ll definitely bite. Here are two favorites: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Nice coin and great post, @Parthicus I also appreciate the info from other members on these coins. The link from @Broucheion was very useful....
Apparently the artist wanted to picture a collector, not a modern day hoarder... :) https://coinsweekly.com/the-nine-types-of-coin-collectors/
Interesting to see those 4 auction houses as the provenance, and also quite typical of where Gunnar Thesen of Oslo Mynthandel would find coins to...
I was happy to be the high bidder on two coins that I've been wanting for a while: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] The 5 Mark will look great alongside my...
I guess the atmosphere in this painting is more recognizable than the coin in it: [ATTACH] Vilhelm Hammershøi; "The coin collector", 1904. The...
"Coins in art" has potential to be an interesting thread:) I would guess the coins are gold guilders like this one:...
And a very, very nice one. Congrats!
In your case, I think I would have been looking for alternatives, as Prieur can be hard to get. I would have waited for an opportunity to get it...
Thanks! I'll check this thoroughly.
My last coin of the year was a significant one for my collection: I haven't owned a Pescennius Niger coin before. I got this one for about half...
[ATTACH] This is mine, bought from an old Danish collection 15 years ago. Lettering style is similar, as is much of the portrait. The nose,...
Great choice of coins, all of them with quite interesting reverses or other historical significance (like Sextus Pompeii). Well done! I'm having a...
I was highest bidder on a coin type, or perhaps rather just «a type» I have been wanting for a while: Richard the Lionheart: [ATTACH] France,...
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