One of my favorites: [ATTACH] Next, a provincial of his successor.
My first coin of the three "rare" A.D. 68/69 Emperors came today. Cleaned with a belt sander! :nailbiting: [ATTACH] Jokes aside though, I'm...
Very true. Fortunately, we have the internet! No need now to drive around trying to find a local shop specializing in ancients. ;)
But there are lots of dealers who specialize in ancients. VCoins is a good place to go for that: every dealer on VCoins is obliged to guarantee...
100%. I don't see how you could get much closer to a "guarantee of authenticity" than you already get with NGC. They have ancient coin experts who...
If you buy from a reputable dealer, you should be pretty safe. Let them do the hard work for you! :)
Here is my current set-up: [ATTACH] (Ironically, sorry for the poor picture quality.) I took a square piece of plywood and mounted a wooden...
I think Inisder's stuff is in the brackets.
Lots of beautiful collections here! Some of my representatives of the Julio-Claudians: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
That is really interesting, and some good detective work too!
Very cool!
Here is something a little random. I finally got around to taking photos of my Chinese coins. The problem was with the hole in the middle. For...
@kirispupis That's one of the nicest Athena/owl tetradrachms I've seen: circular, beautifully toned, and well-struck.
That's incredible!
The bid error is a bummer. Still, it's a decent coin, and pretty rare to boot. I've got a different A.D. 69 Emperor's denarius coming in the...
Got this one in the mail a couple days ago. The coin is not perfect, but it would take a lot more than some pitting to detract from that large...
It may be worn...but the style on that portrait is incredible!!
Too bad about the auction, but it looks like you managed to get some very nice coins anyway! I do like the detail and style on that (Cyzicus...
What a way to start! Congrats, that is a beauty!
Wish I could take photos like that! Nice coins. I especially like the detail on the Hadrian.
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