For sure. I'm fairly new to ancient coins and from what I've seen, prices have gone up sharply in the last three years or so. And everyone seems...
Octavian eludes me, but I have a couple versions of his later incarnation as Augustus (or Sebastos, as the case may be!): [ATTACH]
$330 is somewhat high, but not unreasonably so IMO...for what it's worth, Sear values that type in VF condition at $280 back in 2000. Current...
Nice looking coin. I like that warm brown patina.
Thanks! I'm really curious now to see the Munich Collection coin - if it's also a double-die match that would seem to indicate that the type was...
I must express my thanks and appreciation once again to the curators of the Vienna Museum coin collection. I just noticed that since communicating...
Great coin!
If it's been tested and confirmed to be 22 carat - or ~90% - gold, in what sense might it be "plated"? I assume that any competent test of the...
Wow, beautiful example!
Thanks! You have some great coins there - would love to get my hands on a Danube? bridge as; unfortunately they're quite a bit more scarce than...
Recently, I’ve been collecting Roman As coins with interesting and unusual reverse types. Part of this new focus comes from my interest in the...
One of my latest. [ATTACH]
Ha! Yes indeed. It is real. :) @Diomedes if you are interested in that, or any other of my listings, just send me a PM here and I can give you a...
Here are a couple recent ones for me. I've always wanted one of those big, silver Napoleonic 5 franc coins. Just recently I managed to acquire one...
After seeing what your friend did with that Antoninus Pius "Tiberus" coin, I think I will always vote "Clean!"
The ancient city of Akragas came into being around 582 B.C., as a colony founded by Greeks from Gela, a city about 40 miles to the east. The site...
Surfaces and engraving look a little odd to me, but I am not an expert on this.
Beautiful!
Very nice little siglos! They are fun coins. As it turns out, one of my most recent purchases was also an Achaemenid siglos, a bit older than...
^Very nice!
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