[ATTACH] This very, very worn Commodus sestertius... Next : Roman soldiers
In Gaza they have their own laws about this, based upon their traditional sharia (Islamic law). Roughly speaking, a hoard is the property of the...
Of course, I agree with you, this is meaningless for most coins. But IMO it should be done for extremely rare coins suddenly surfacing by the...
The coin is surely authentic but there is a bizarre blunder in the reverse legend : the F is not a F...
Please, one coin per post and expand pictures... Thank you, and best wishes for the new year! PS: the 2 Byzantine coins reverses are uspside-down
Wonderful coin :woot:, and very reasonable price. I love it. Even if, as far as I am concerned, I only buy cage-free eggs. [ATTACH] (Not my coin...
Here are some recent examples : The New York Sale 48 lot 5 (1.14.2020) : starting price $ 24,000, hammer price $ 29,000. This coin was auctioned...
Of course we all condemn tyranny, corruption and confiscation of private property, but this is how things actually work in many countries. We are...
Nonsense? I could at least understand this point of view but, on this topic, the burden of proof must be on the seller and not the archaeologists...
It is a tetradrachm of Commodus minted in Alexandria, Egypt, in AD 187-8. https://rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coins/4/14210
[ATTACH] Philisto-Arab drachm (AR 4.34g) imitating Athens... 353-343 BC.
Sand said it : these owls come from hoards. Ancient misers carefully selected the best coins they could find for their own secret piggy bank...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] my own specimens of the owl and the Lucius Verus sestertius...
No, I'm serious. Nobody wants the Smithsonian to give back the Hope diamond to anybody. Most of the artefacts that are on display at the Louvre,...
an example of the product: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broken_cast_denarius_sev_alexander_%28FindID_513001%29.jpg
I see nothing laughable in these coins. I like very much the little bronze of Smyrna with Homer on reverse!
Seriously, if I was walked along at Kalkriese, noticed a yellow spot on the ground and picked up an aureus, I would immediately hand it over to...
I think the loot from Spanish galleons is still the property of the Spanish crown, or may be claimed by the country in the territorial waters of...
The same law exists in most Western countries. In France it is Article 716 of the Code Civil written by that good old Napoleon... The problem is...
Very respectfully too ;) Nice coins, the kind that makes the collector's pride, are rarely random lost coins. I had myself the opportunity of...
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