My experience with selling coins to US buyers through ebay was really, really bad. A lot of hassle, and I was outright scammed on at least 2...
An ironic birthday coin from me: [ATTACH] Municipal Bronze Coinage of Roma, The Ostrogoths. Odovacar, 476-493. AE Follis or 40 nummi 493-553,...
Early in my collecting life, I used to be attracted by US coins. I think it was reading the discussions that John Anthony refers to that turned me...
Really cool, and what great coins. Hope Mr. O’Dowd is a cointalk lurker.
I threw in a couple of starting bids on the latest Roma e-sale. With the prices we have been experiencing lately, I didn’t think any of them would...
Ah, the mysterious kingdom of Sophene. I hadn’t heard of it either, until a couple of months ago. This is my only Sophene coin: [ATTACH] KINGS OF...
Years ago, I asked an archeaologist working at the local museum if they had found any Roman coins in Rogaland, Norway, where I live. He answered...
I think the second may be Syracuse, Hieron II: https://www.wildwinds.com/coins/greece/sicily/syracuse/hieron_II/t.html or Agathokles:...
I think at least the Vikings were a fidgety bunch, when you look at the dragon style carvings. People will be people. Give out knives to a high...
Looks good to me. Reminds me of this portrait: [ATTACH]
I have sent him a thought several days, hoping we would see him with those Flavian and Julio-Claudian bronzes that he found joy in. Sorry to hear...
Let me know if you need more, here or on message.
I think there are a few good buys to be had in every auction. The question is, does it fit your collection? My collection has become big and...
Don’t leave it in there for long if it’s billon. An alternative is heat, and melt the vax off.
Acetone will remove it safely.
Lovely, @Roman Collector. Congrats! That is one of the many Julia Domna portraits where I’m unable to perceive whether it is a face of serenity...
Caligula and Claudius are in a league of their own when it comes to denarii. Especially Caligula. You may settle for one of their drachms, though,...
Really glad to help. I think I got the Simonetta book in a large lot many years ago, sometime around 2010. As my interest hasn’t reached the...
Looks like @Ignoramus Maximus (the misnomer) is right on the money. Check out 37b: [ATTACH]
I don’t have a single Cappadocian coin, but I somehow have Simonetta: [ATTACH] Looks like your date is 28.
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