Prices were kinda bonkers at Savoca today, but I bought two coins and put my new Sear book to use: [ATTACH] Akarnania. Oeniadae AE21, circa...
Beautiful, Q! One of my big struggles is to quit French coins. Just can’t do it. I love the revolutionary coins.
That may well be, but so far I’m enjoying it thoroughly. It saves me a lot of google searches per coin, and I find his way of presenting the...
You should spend 5 minutes of your life watching Steven trying to teach students how to make one dollar spaghetti. It will make you feel like a...
I used to buy uncleaned coins from Viminacium, Moesia. They usually had that blue/turqose patina that you like. I think the soil there increases...
I like that series. I have Roman and Greek world, but not the Celtic. Tell us what you think!
At least those who remember RUN DMC.
I say no tooling and only light smoothing. You can tell from the diiference between the open fields and inbetween the letters on reverse that the...
Nice upgrade, Bing. Congratulations!
CoinTalk and Forvm. Funny video. Wasn’t that the guy who wanted to sell a Caesar denarius on Pawn Stars? Youtube is great. Here’s their #1...
From what I’ve read so far, I see no reason why you should buy it, Doug. It’s probably below your level of knowledge. For me, it fits well. It’s a...
I read that several years ago, and it’s really great. So is his book on Pontius Pilatus, by the way.
Pulling the trigger on a new coin really is a task that ancient coin hunters need to perform. Good luck!
That reminds me I have to spend 5 minutes on my Faustina/Hilaritas as, to see if 0.00001 grams of ancient crud is willing to let go of the coin...
… and my day started with finding a new book in my mail box: [ATTACH] This has been laying on my desk throughout the workday, calling my name....
That’s more than 1 gram light. I think you should return it. Check weights here, they’re around 3.8g:...
This coin type is a huge field in itself, and I know nothing. Except for that «no, no....» feeling that I sometimes get when looking at a coin....
Great coin, and nice to see you Gavin. :)
Nice! Looks like a really nice Licinius. I actually like his coins quite a lot, so I’ve ended up with a few. Here are some: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Excellent, @Curtis This sounds like the platonic idea of a Danish coin dealer: Warm and friendly (when you get to know him), and 110% business...
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