I've been hoping to pick up a Domitius tetradrachm or octodrachm for awhile now. Last one I saw for sale was $8,000 or something like that. Nice...
Alexandria mint: Transitioning from a pagan to a Christian world. Fun fact: The last emperor whose name was inscribed in hieroglyphs inside the...
Nice offer!
Nice write-up and coins Victor. From what I have read they excelled in the use of the bow, being able to shoot forward or backward at full speed...
Great coin @Ancient Aussie ! I have an architectural type to share from Zeugma, unfortunately the city was sacked and destroyed by the Persians in...
2 uncleaned coins of Gallienus. First one presumably is of Jove. Second one has the obverse completely worn off, encrusted, so I only show the...
I keep all my coins in envelopes or the flips provided by the dealer. A cabinet sure is attractive and similar to the cabinets of ancient coins...
So it seems like the engraver carved in the wrong version of Jupiter, either that or the wrong legend. Pretty cool.
Great thread @Curtisimo !
Looks like it could be a seminal work on the topic. May pick up a copy.
Clearly intended for a newb getting into the hobby who thinks ancient coins must all be rare and valuable - after all they are ancient.
Looks great and definitely beats my tendency to use cigar boxes.
Really nice work @galba68
Hang onto it for sure. It was a great deal.
Good luck. My Dad went to OCS in the 1960's and then Viet Nam, where he got to command a ship with 110 sailors and 12 officers at something like...
Here's one that went for $215......
Nice haul at low, low prices. The anonymous Apollo issues often go for far north of $100...
Nice...
Nice coins Erin. You had a great year!
That's really cool - the work of a true Lego master.
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