It's a nice example, probably nicer than mine, although as always I find it impossible to "see" slabbed coins properly. You could join acsearch...
You're correct. I suspect that the majority of Greek vases that come on the market or are already in museums were made for the export trade in the...
My point, of course, is that the Italians are hypocrites in claiming ownership of any object that ever spent time in their territory. I know...
If Italy really believes that ancient art belongs to its original creators and owners, then it should voluntarily return the horses to Greece,...
Sorry to hear that. I've gotten responses the several times I've posted photos. Is there any way you can bump or repeat your request?
I'll just add that an Otho tetradrachm from Alexandria or elsewhere will cost you a lot less than an Otho denarius -- but the portrait won't look...
My suggestion is that you join the io email group devoted to antiquities collecting (formerly a yahoo group), and post a few of your photos there....
Interesting. I had no idea that during that period, presumably at the same time that the usual Provincial coinage was being minted in Alexandria...
How is it known that it's from Alexandria?
If you add them all up, how many silver Flavian coins are there? And are you just collecting Imperial silver, or Provincial as well, to the extent...
But do you know if there's any factual evidence supporting the contention that it's wealthy Chinese collectors who are primarily or at least...
The"rule" against holding a coin in your hand doesn't apply so much to ancient coins. Although I do try to hold them by the edges. Most of the time!
You're probably correct.
@Cucumbor and @+VGO.DVCKS, I wonder if the book is online, like almost all of the old British Museum catalogues. Edited to add: probably not,...
OK, then presumably they're sold by these middlemen to dealers who will put them up on Ebay. I don't know how much of the enormous markup comes...
That was my original assumption, but then I noticed a slight difference in the back of Venus's hair. Although I suppose the reverse die could have...
These two coins, presumably by the same engraver if not a die match, are not mine; I came across the first on Numisbids and the second on ACSearch...
Submitted, I suspect, by one or more dealers who will put them up for sale on Ebay for at least 5-10 times the coins' actual market value, which...
Lovely coin.
Do you know which mint it's from? I can't see a mint mark.
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