All wonderful coins, Donna. I cannot rank them.
Comparing the two coins, the styles are very distinct, with the one you acquired much cruder overall. There's also a retrograde N on the reverse...
I really like the zoomorphic form of the vessel, #6.
I've never paid fees, as such, but sometimes duty for items valued over a certain limit, and that through Fedex, but not through shipping by the...
I did get some nice coins in group lots this year, but I think the best individual coin acquired this year is the Lucilla sestertius, a remainder...
Well, being a lover of imitations, I really like your Sabakes owl, with complete legends on the reverse, a remarkable coin for this type. Also,...
Wow! That must have been some minutes of anxiety for you - glad you found the coins. I remember several years ago (I think it was during...
I think there needs to be a distinction between coins and artifacts, especially major or significant artifacts as the Parthenon Marbles. Coins...
Good analogy!
I think the situation is a little more complicated. The permit to remove the marbles was granted by the Ottomans, who were in charge at the time....
Here's an op/ed piece by Simon Jenkins in today's Guardian that some might find interesting, on a very longstanding debate:...
Wonderful coins, Sulla80! An all star lineup in my estimation, using the baseball vernacular.
It depends. Some coins over the ages were commonly holed, so quite a few end up repaired (plugged professionally or by an uncle in his garage)....
Yes, the characters seem rather makeshift, unlike another eastern owl that I have. This coin, by the way, was in a NGC slab without any notation...
Yes, that is the coin. It is a bit of a gamble, at least in terms of the exact mint, which is unresolved and might remain so for quite a while....
I do have a couple of coins coming in from E-Sale 90, notably a tetradrachm attributed to Philistia. This is a somewhat controversial coin, at...
Here are a couple of imitations of Byzantine folles: 1. An imitation of a follis of Constantine VIII, 11th century. Ex Stephen Huston 8.86...
Actually, some of the early Swiss thalers are quite interesting. Here's one from Zurich, a guldentaler, date 1512, Dav 8771, very rare: [ATTACH]...
I thought I had a coin from Once, or one from Twice, but I don't. I do, however have a coin from Thrace! Abdera, Thrace 520-490 BC Oktadrachm...
Some fakes are showing up "stressed", with abrasions and rough surfaces produced as a means to make the fake more plausible as a genuine coin....
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