It’s not easy to set up the right guidelines here, as we move into the later part of the 3rd century. You could follow the list provided by...
Thank you, Loic! It looks like a really useful site. It’s reassuring to hear from you. Svein
Great coin :) Bad influence? I think the good people on this board have done an excellent job, manipulating you into this mess. I don’t consider...
Well, naturally, as it’s situated between them :) I have been travelling a bit in Lebanon. Once we were going to take a taxi from Sidon to...
This has happened to me several times on auctions this year. I have noticed as my finger is almost at the bid button that it «glitches», and when...
That’s a lovely coin, and first time I’ve seen that type from Sidon. Thanks for sharing! I only have a really beaten up bronze from the time of...
This may be a bit too philosophical (but as freedom has been touted here, I don’t care). Limitations creates opportunities. Ok, so us ordinary...
And that is the correct way to show the anchor on Apollonia Pontica coins, of course. That tetartemorion was actually one of my first Greek coins,...
Tejas, do you know if this is a safe site that protects privacy? I have become a little paranoid with the internet, and getten scared that...
[ATTACH] My tetartemorion. The smallest denomination in the Attic standard is the Hemitartemorion, which is half the weight of the...
I have a lot of respect for the dealers and auction houses who make time and effort to communicate with the collector community. Kudos, and...
If the Pegasi coin and the Roma coin are not the same, I suspect they are both fakes, based on the exact same pattern to the right of the sceptre...
Searched a bit more, and think I found the provenance: [ATTACH]
I did a search in Sixbid archives and found this: [ATTACH] GALBA (68-69). Denarius. Rome. Obv: IMP SER GALBA CAESAR AVG P M. Laureate head...
I totally agree. I’ve been working on it for 17 years, and it will be a continuous project as long as I collect coins. Eventually, you will get...
So, a coin from young emperor Gordian III will be clamped into a bezel, to be worn as jewelry then? He was a ruler that would make Dan Quayle look...
Well, Doug, before stopping by on this board this winter, my collecting flame was blue and dying. It has been very inspiring to find a living...
Happy birthday, Mat!
I take it they expect us to do our duty and see through that the pre-bids are as high as possible?
[ATTACH] Well, if this isn’t a temple from Phoenicia, I don’t know what is! On a more serious note, this is me in Tyre back in 2005, at a bed &...
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