Thank you.
Nice coin. Yes, Vespasian was a general who served under Claudius during his campaign in Britain and later leading the Roman legions in the first...
Here's sestertius that I purchased in Besançon, France in 1992. I remember the little coin and stamp shop, tended by an elderly lady, who...
Here's one more follis, from the Heracilan Revolt (608-610 AD), Alexandretta Mint (located on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey). 10.6 grams Ex...
I guess that I am on something of a role. The light is right, the camera is behaving itself, and I am finding more interesting coins as I paw...
For many years I have proudly owned a shekel of the first Jewish war, a period of upheaval, the loss of tens of thousands of lives and the...
There are some superb examples in this thread. I've been tempted to acquire a Punic tetradrachm for type, but the high price for a good example...
My approach to cleaning coins is basically "less is better". Each new coin is evaluated to determine if it would benefit from cleaning, using the...
This is very nice coin. I like the rendering of Philip II of Macedon on the obverse as well as the well centered reverse. Yes, the surfaces are...
More likely a glitch on the part of MA Shops or an error by the seller, I think.
This is a very nice article. It seems that the very early British coinage was based on Greek and Roman prototypes. The butting bull depicted...
In your MA Shops account, go to bought items on MA Shops and select view order: items for the seller and coins in question from the list. Also,...
If you click on the links for the two coins shown as bought in you MA Shops account, is there a Paypal link? If there is, you could pay that way....
Did you log into your MA Shops account to check on the status of the two coins? Since you did not receive an invoice from him, you could pay for...
Here's one more "wide body" follis - better grade too, but not as rare. [ATTACH]
Thank you, Al. The coin, as the saying often goes, looks better in hand. I have a very difficult time taking decent photos of bronze coins,...
Personally, I would not get too hung up on specific gravity. Ancient coins, while often remarkably accurate when it comes to weight, can be...
On the Byzantine bronze front, this follis arrived a few weeks ago, purchased from eBay. It seems that the gold fetches high bids for the most...
Agree. But, generally speaking, the inconveniences that we as collectors are experiencing with fees and delays pale in comparison to families...
While I can think of some modern coins (16th-18th centuries) that I acquired over the years, which I thought were unobtainable, at least at my...
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