It must've been TENSE. It must've been excruciating listening to a dying man tell them the future of the known world. They must've all eagerly...
Some funny holiday/ancient related memes my wife sent me while I was at work, a repeat...[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ...plus the coin I'm...
A fun surprise was in my mail yesterday. One of those COOL floating coin holders! Sent to hold a beautiful Demetrios Poliorcetes (the Besieger)...
Happy birthday to Nero! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ("Somebody tell the emporer that neck beard isn't helping to hide that double chin of his...not it!")...
Brought to you by popular demand (or at least a strong recommendation by @Curtisimo) [ATTACH] ...post your favorite CT moment, thread or coin...
Merp. Tomorrow being my 1 year coin talk anniversary I wanted to shout a big THANK YOU to everyone on the site! The knowledge, enthusiasm and fun...
I'd posted previously that I was on the hunt for a Napoleon Bonaparte coin. And boy-O did I find one! Only it's not a coin, I don't think. Though...
This giveaway is for all those who are interested in ancient Egyptian history. A few rules though: Due to my budgetary restraints this will be...
Its rough, but distinctive enough that I should be able to ID it...but alas I have thrown in the towel. Mixed in with a lot of Greeks and RR coins...
With the seemingly endless stream of, "Is this fake?" posts I thought an educational (or at least commiseratory) thread on fakes I've purchased...
Alright, so I read as few books on Napoleon Bonaparte and got excited about the man. And now I'm itching for a lifetime portrait coin of the...
I got this fun lil fella in a lot a while back and am at my wits end. I believe it is provincial (though the reverse eagle on thunderbolt had me...
If a picture is worth a thousand words then how much is a picture of an ancient coin worth? This coin has gotta be worth at least one thousand and...
Has anyone purchased through the Aureo & calico auction house? I found them on biddr and they had some beautiful coins that I bid on. But they...
Thrilled to finally win an image that is supposedly, fingers crossed, of the great thrasher of Hannibal, Scipio Africanus (given the name...
With the season of the witch upon us I thought I'd kick things off with a spook-coin-tacular post of scary:eek:, macabre:zombie: and just plain...
I could use some help here figuring out just who, what, where and why this wonderful coin is. I've narrowed it down (I think) to either:...
On this day in 63 BCE Gaius Octavius Thurinus, later and better known as Augustus, was born. [ATTACH] After the death of his great uncle Julius...
As, hopefully, we all know coin purchases on eBay can be a gamble. Kind of like seizing the purple after a young emperor's suicide. Having had a...
The obverse is very recognizable, thanks to my love of republic coins, as Mercury wearing that wacky winged hat of his. But the reverse is a head...
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