Dental insurance has been a benefit that is rarely covered by employer retiree benefits. That's a shame. Oral health is directly linked to...
Good points, Doug. As far as the surfaces are concerned, the coin has definitely been cleaned, but not scrubbed. There are no signs of abrasion,...
Perhaps this link might be useful in terms of the discussion. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_class_in_ancient_Rome
I went to the NGC website to check on their policies on authenticity. You are correct. NGC does not guarantee the authenticity of ancient coins,...
Perhaps that's their policy nowadays. That seems to apply to ancients for NGC. I don't know about other companies. I did have a rare Colombia 8...
Coins generally don't change much within our lifetimes, unless they are subjected to tooling or other forms of physical alteration. Other factors...
The pandemic has cost the world such a staggering toll, in lives lost, livelihoods ruined and anguish that really, words are insufficient. The...
Does a palmet, on the helmet's bowl, qualify? [ATTACH] Edit I found one more palm (actually two), on the reverse of this tetradrachm of...
The irony, in a way, is that the founders of Communist theory were solidly middle class, including Marx and Engels. However, as Marx and Engels...
Back in the 19th century the middle class was called the bourgeoisie. The uprising of 1848 in Europe was largely fueled by the bourgeoisie, who...
True, there were members of the legions and others, such as small land owner and merchants who were, in terms of class, somewhere in the middle of...
That's a fantastic coin to get out of a group lot. Sometimes, happiness comes with large numbers. Group lots can have some really wonderful coins.
Those are two very nice sestertii, Donna. I especially like the reverse of the Faustina coin. I have a similar example, but it is in pretty...
The middle class, as we know it, did not come about until the Industrial Revolution, and even then it was by fits and starts. The modern middle...
Yes, Spring has sprung. The imagery of Demeter/Ceres extends to the political realm, as exemplified by this tetradrachm of Claudius, which...
A very nice array of new style owls! Here's my lower grade owl with Triptolemos on the reverse: [ATTACH]
Perhaps. I think it is reasonable to assume that people who purchased these coins recognize, even at a fundamental level, the importance of...
I've always admired the dekadrachms from afar, and it looks as if that will remain the situation for me. The prices for even remotely decent...
Was that a Syracuse dekadrachm? Thanks
Very nice patina!
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