By all means, use ACSEARCH, CNG, and other websites to help determine a reasonable price for the coins on which you want to bid, but ultimately...
The flaw in this logic, in the ancient coin-collecting arena, is that unique and nearly unique coins aren't rare. In fact, they're fairly common....
This is one of the coolest mythological beasts you can find on ancient (or even modern) coins. Probably next to your chimaera, one of your best.
Thanks for the compliment. I've always marveled at the artistry on these small EL hektes, and more than once have been tempted to start...
Here it is: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/ancients-organization-and-attribution-at-work.250251/ You can put the label into the part of the...
[ATTACH] HADRIAN 117 - 138 A.D. AV Aureus (7.15 g.) Rome ca. 134 - 138 A.D. RIC II -- cf. 298g HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P bare head of Hadrian...
Just be careful if it's the dealer himself who tells you he's dead and can't process your refund...
Whether or not a dealer is "having health problems" et al. is not really relevant to the issue. He/she was healthy enough to process your order...
I use an inexpensive page layout program called Swift Publisher 3 and the following template for 2" x 2" flips: [ATTACH] I print on cardboard...
Recently on my trip to Ostia I had the opportunity to view the original sculpture. [ATTACH]
Your eye for under-appreciated quality was instrumental in acquiring this latter (Port of Ostia) sestertius. I remember that the catalog picture...
Yes, the parazonia are short swords carried by Roman soldiers. I share your puzzlement about the four aquila on the reverse while the description...
Thanks to both of you for posting and attributing the above coin, which is possibly my favorite sestertius, but I have a number that are also in...
My favorite small bronze is this as of Vitellius: [ATTACH] VITELLIUS 69 A.D. AE As (11.57 g.) Rome Apr. - Dec. 69 A.D. RIC 171 A VITELLIVS...
Thanks for posting these. Some very attractive coins. I would love to have any Hadrian Nilus type with the hippo and crocodile. Good luck...
The style of the obverse and reverse, including the devices and legends, looks authentic. The edge, however, looks strange. None of my bronzes...
Hadrian's Villa had a specially built, below-ground road and entrance (through the tunnel arch shown below) for the Roman troops, so as not to...
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It always seems to me that, no matter how "rough" an individual coin might seem, the whole (collection) is always greater than the sum of its...
I think I've seen this set -- was this Mike Gasvoda's set of Hadrian travel denarii?
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