Here's a little more "eye candy". This is an old surface agate from Chihuahua, Northern Mexico. This state is renown for its classic locations,...
No, I grew up in Detroit, but since I was a kid, these stones held a fascination for me, and I began collecting in earnest in 1966. I now live...
Thank you. I plan to photograph more specimens as my marginal abilities rise to acceptable.
I'm working on taking photos of some of the better agates..... Fairburn Agate, South Dakota, with natural wind polish. 53 mm x 39 mm x 11 mm 42...
Here's an AE follis of Justinian I, Antioch mint, RY 13, purchased from Harlan Berk. [ATTACH] Next: A Roman provincial tetradrachm that has the...
Here are images that I posted on the other current thread concerning Renwax. This is an 80 drachma of Cleopatra VII. Here's the before, after...
I completely forgot to provide an "after" Rewax photo. I did two applications, due to the rough surfaces of this coin. Overall, the appearance...
They are nice, and I think that lends credence to the idea that they may have come from a museum or private collection. I think the coins from...
Provenance is always problematic, especially when it comes to coins sold from hoards. Individual coins are being found, I am told, in the Jordan...
That's a nice one, probably Egyptian. Here's a similar coin that I acquired earlier this year, with symbols in front of the portrait. This coin...
I did buy a silver dollar there, I think in 1970, when I visited NYC with my parents. Hudson's department store in Detroit also had a coin...
Very interesting photos. So, the large hoard found in Turkey of 5th century owls might be an anomaly. Turkey is a sizable country, and the...
Here's a provincial tetradrachm from Antioch. It's my best example of "the nose". [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here's a double struck follis of Emperor Heraclius. This coin came out of a recent large lot of mostly crusty Byzantine bronzes. An added...
Van Alfen refers to the areas of central and southern Asian Minor as being dominated by local indigenous coinage, especially in Lycia. This...
Well, here we go again. You're probably wondering how much mileage can be had with one coin that has been posted before, but this is a "victory"...
Here's an Eastern Celtic tetradrachm, from Roma Numismatics E-Sale 68, purchased earlier this year. [ATTACH] Next: A gold or electrum Celtic...
That's a beautiful coin, well struck and made of good metal. Absent a pedigree to a hoard, many imitative owls are classified as such based on...
You're right. The Athenian tetradrachms and other denominations have been discovered individually and in hoards through out Asian Minor and to...
It is utterly important that discourse in this forum must be civil and respectful. That, at least is the principle, but of course that is not how...
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