An interesting dilemma. I recently got two of the ubiquitous Macedon Phililp II Apollo/horsemen AEs. The first one here has a "classic" Greek...
Nice catch - I was watching that one on eBay and I had no idea what it was. I just liked the way it looked. (No, I did not bid on it!).
I am slightly confused. Is the issue the rim damage/ex-mount mark? My opinion is that it is a quite attractive coin. Great portrait. Edge...
Nice tet, lordmarcovan. And good to see you persisting with the ancients - I enjoy your posts. I do like the Ptolemaic bronzes, despite the...
Kevin, thanks for posting this and for being such a mensch about the bad news. I find this sort of thing to be useful - and you have my sympathy....
Just got a new countermark for my slowly expanding collection - related, somehow, to Trajan's Dacian Wars. This is a bit mysterious as the Dacian...
This does seem to be a somewhat sloppy issue. Here's mine - the roughness seems to be post-minting damage and/or crystallization. And a banker's...
Very interesting. I love a good, detailed hoard story.
Nice find, David. I'm hoping for a cheap "IVD CAP" to come my way...after 30+ years it hasn't happened, but hope springs eternal. This seems...
Nice coins. I think this is the OP's husband, Juba. I bought this back in 1990, so it is one of my first ancients. [ATTACH] Mauretania...
This is a great post that deserves to live on in perpetuity! Well, I finally got a weird snake that might be Glycon. It came in a crummy eBay...
A very interesting thread, and one that has been helpful to me while trying to figure out this sorry AE. It came in a lot that I "accidentally"...
Late Roman Bronzes (LRBs) constantly surprise and/or baffle me. Which is fine - I like figuring them out. But the various denominations, sizes,...
I'm not sure what that countermark means either - revaluation, or geographical extension of its validity? I do know that countermark head...
I buy almost all my ancients from eBay, and in my opinion, it is a terrific buyer's market. Which may indicate it is not such a great seller's...
Interesting post. I just got a crusty lot of four middle AEs that included two Trajan dupondii, from early and late in the reign. The other two...
I've really enjoyed these reviews, hotwheelsearl. This despite the fact I wouldn't do an uncleaned lot of ancients because I am both lazy and...
A new denomination for me, a Byzantine 6 nummi with the giant S (on a very small coin). [ATTACH] Heraclius 6 Nummi (613-618...
Nice coins. I've been keeping an eye peeled for one of these and finally, just got this in the mail yesterday. It came in a Harlan J. Berk flip,...
I was watching this one on eBay - it went really cheap, in my opinion. The portrait is spectacularly odd. Congratulations!
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