you may need to spend more time in the Ancients section! @Orielensis started a lovely thread on Bracteates just last year. And while I have yet...
I’m glad we can acknowledge that William did not establish a high quality of coins in England - that was the Anglo-Saxon tradition which he...
Large lot of 140 “uncleaned” ancients (most are uncleaned, about 45 are from an old lot I bought in the early 2000s and cleaned a little with an...
The package I had been waiting on supposedly went out for delivery to my home address a couple days ago. I have actually been out of town, but...
I have begun to notice a preference for imitations in my collecting habits. I am currently waiting in two interesting ones to arrive, but here...
Nice looking coins! Over 80 days though! I’m starting to not fee so bad about the coins I have been waiting 30 days for...
Gorgeous coins @Orielensis! I particularly like the Apollo reverse. so which was the last one you procured to finish the set, amd which was the...
I don’t dare post a picture yet (I am too superstitious), but I have a coin coming from France which has been stuck in New York customs for nearly...
what was the time period of your documents? I don’t know any exact numbers, but I imagine slaves were quite cheap following the Punic wars and...
I too use Danish technology to raise my coins. I think I need a better camera though - my current one gives me no control over where it focuses....
This is not an area I focus on in collecting, although I have been enamored with the issues just before diocletian’s reforms (not to mention...
That is a lovely groat! I have yet to get an English groat, or a Henry VI, but I do have a penny from his successor: [ATTACH] England Henry VII,...
Very nice! I took stock of my own purchases and realized I have bought far more books than coins: [ATTACH] and even after I took this I realized...
thank you for the insight! As I wrote, I haven’t read it, but this is good to know!
The layout is a little annoying, but not a deal breaker. Come to think of it, it’s not all that different from the MEC volumes, but I think MEC...
Martin Dimnik and Julian Dobrinić, Medieval Slavic Coinages in the Balkans: Numismatic History and Catalogue (London: Spink, 2008) ISBN:...
Very nice! I’ve been wanting to delve into this area too - far too many options with medieval coins! Here is my relevant piece (I still need a...
Thanks @BenSi!
I am going to revive this excellent thread once again to ask for a little help. I have two unidentified trachys, and I wanted to see if our...
Okay... hear me out on this one: Anglo-Saxon: [ATTACH] England Athelred II, r. 978-1016 (997-1003) Canterbury Mint, AR Long Cross Penny, 19.65...
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