Nice write-up! Here are my only two Swedish crowns from that period: Eurfut "Purim" Thaler, 1632 29.0 grams [ATTACH] And from the reign...
The top three coins on the first page are from the Mexican War for Independence, 1810 - 1821, by the royalists. If I'm not mistaken, the left and...
Hi Donna Is this the second Alexandrian BI tetradrachm with Sabina on the reverse, that you referred to in your post? The hair style is totally...
I'm so sorry for your loss. Love the Stevie Wonder song! Here's my Diva Faustina I, AE as, with Aeternitas on the reverse: [ATTACH]
The super rare/hyper hammer price coins are way out of my range. I am on a fixed income, so I gravitate to mostly mid grade coins, or coins that...
The frog and Athena wish you the best of luck! [ATTACH] As does Euphrates! [ATTACH]
A nice acquisition! Congratulations!
That's one beautiful coin! I like the "dusting" of earth over the coin's patina.
Nice examples! Welcome to the world of ancients. This is my only prutah, Alexander Jannaeus, 103-76 BC. Judea, 103-76 BC Hasmonean dynasty AE...
I'm really not a student of Roman coinage in the third century AD, and the changes in the flan shapes over the progression of that century. I...
Thanks. Yes, the flan is somewhat elongated and squared, typical of many later third century AD sestertii and other bronze denominations. The...
These extracts raise very pertinant issues. I agree that objects that were essentially looted during colonial and imperialist times should be...
Comparing the before and after photos, I wonder if some sort of chemical was used to remove some of the deposits, followed by tooling and...
I really like the contrasting green-blue patinas of the first two coins, against their silvered and billon surfaces. You can get some great...
I shipped a coin last year to the Netherlands. Tracking was smooth, but the coin was delayed in Netherlands Customs because I screwed up on the...
First, here's a coin that arrived today, part of my effort to replace coins that I sold a long time ago. This is a sestertius of Philip I, "The...
The abduction of Proserpina by Hades. Roman Republic, 44-36 BC L. Cestius and L. Munatius (duoviri) Æ30 of Henna, Sicily L MVNATIVS M CESTIVS,...
I agree that another coin emerging with a similar mark would strengthen the case that the OP coin is an imitation. But the study of die styles,...
That's a really beautiful, high grade imitation! Congratulations on the win! Actually, I think there are many collectors who collect these owl...
With each coin accompanied with a certificate of authenticity and provenance signed with the badger's paw print.
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