Thanks. I will try.
A great lineup! I like the portraits of #5 in particular.
I love Celtic coinage! I just wish I have the discipline to focus on that area and not everything else. That's a wonderful set of Celtic...
If you want to go in the mythology direction, here's a work that is funny and poignant that I am sure you will enjoy: [IMG] And, now that I...
Thanks. There is some ambiguity with these counterstamps, give the surface condition of the coin (horn silver and mediocre metal quality), but...
Wonderful coins. The Carthaginian gold stater is absolutely beautiful!
This is the last ancient coin for me this year. It came to me from a French seller via MA Shops. It is an imitative tetradrachm of Athens,...
I've had shipments sent by tracked international first class mail, which is pretty bare bones, and subject to pretty erratic tracking. I wonder...
Your Nero sestertius and Galba denarius are really beautiful examples.
Thank you. It's a very nice little coin and there's a story behind it. The obol came as a gift with another coin that I purchased this year....
Nice coins, especially the Maximinus II. To help finish the year, here's my smallest coin, an obol of Bacrtria. Bactria, Circa 171-145 BCE...
I agree. Time and again coin hoards are discovered. Prices drop. The collector market absorbs the coins, and prices being to climb again. Over...
The reverse of #3 is very intriguing!
Excellent coins, all. While the snake is "striking" on the Moesia coin, I enjoy the wonderful details of the Cappadocia didrachm, Calabria...
Congratulations on completion of your sestertii set! They're all nice coins. I especially like #s 1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 10.
A nice reverse on this coin.
Here's a follis of Justinian I, Nicomedia, year 13 (539-40 AD), officina B. DO-117b. 40mm, 23.8 grams I purchased this coin from Harlan Berk...
Thank you. I suppose there are many possible scenarios for this medal, and aside from the information I provided for this thread, there is...
Hold the slab on the wide edge, on a firm surface. With a hammer, tap the edge where you seen the join points (triangular) with the hammer until...
Thank you for the suggestion. I'll consider sending them a letter.
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