Auction houses have the bad habit to use the sentence "From a private English collection." It is more glorious than "bought on ebay 3 months ago."
This one is pretty cool too: a civil war's denarius with both obverse/reverse clasped hands ! [ATTACH]
11:30 AM Kelowna British Columbia Canada. 105.8°F Thomas (Severus Alexander) bedroom. [ATTACH]
Sorry if I missed some regular posters; the video was made a year ago. Nothing personal, I even forgot MY OWN NAME ! :wacky:
We were all waiting for it. Please take a look ! https://www.biddr.com/auctions/amcoinscanada/browse?a=1857 And just for fun : [MEDIA] EDIT:...
Webster's dictionary definition of a hole : 1) an opening through something 2) an area where something is missing.
[ATTACH] And about Ames shovels: https://www.ames.com/about/about-ames/
I found another one sold by Bertolami in 2012. I'd be curious to see yours, maybe same dies ? [ATTACH] Oh, I almost forgot my promise." I would...
I'm my good old days (before COVID), I used to shake hands almost every day in the context of my work. Right hand, firm grip, thumbs up (?)....
Both my mummy and yours weren't wearing masks; but I asked the curator and mine has been vaccinated. [ATTACH] And my wife wanted to bring the...
The famous coin (a denarius) in question has been conclusively shown by Richard Abdy of the British Museum to read IMP XIIII not IMP XV as...
Potin is an alloy of copper, tin and sometimes lead (sometimes with traces of other metals) widely used by the Gallic peoples to make their coins....
RC, it looks like @TIF 's magic !
Some exceptional artists have only had their talent recognized after their death; remember for example the painters Gaugin, Van Gogh and Vermeer,...
Here's my imitation, a fourrée holed aureus. [ATTACH] Copied from a well known Probus gold coin, uncertain Germanic (Gothic) tribes. And some...
And what about the floor ? (Posted a few weeks ago in the US coins section by @JCro57 ) [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Even Walmart sells ancient coins: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/who-here-buys-coins-from-walmart.353587/#post-4004570
Wonderful video @galba68 . Thanks for sharing. I've got to visit this place one day. Would you meet me there Galba ? You're a lot closer than...
Cool thread @David Atherton . I like mysteries. One of my mystery coin is this old Aurelian VIRT MILITVM. The gamma mintmark is the problem. It is...
Same year and Emperor as mine, but with a different obverse legend : IMP C GALLVS P FELIX AVG
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