What I don't know about Sasanian would fill a large shelf full of weighty books but anyone who looks ate these must be aware that there have been...
I have had better luck with regular mail with no insurance/signature that with Registered. Getting money out of the Post Office for lost mail is...
I will be interested in the verdict. On average, I tend to be harder on strike but easier on scratches than the NGC pro's. I am a little...
I don't see a lot of wear but the strike was not hard enough transfer detail to Venus' body or the small Victory. If I were to pretend to be an...
It would be an insult to pass up this coin at ten times the price (maybe a lit more?). The great off center on the obverse includes an edge of...
#1 substitute is a great griffin. I am glad he came out of hiding.
When Victor Failmezger published his book on late Roman coins, I agreed to do the photos if he would include a CDR of the plates which was done...
It was several back: Ryro asked "Next up: a coin youI still don't have a clear identification on."
[ATTACH] For the record, Aurelian also issued AE coins usually called sestertii but by that time they were smaller than what we think of as as...
Mrs. C-S was a very interesting person. She occasionally visited our DC club and invited us to the Smithsonian for a behind the scenes look....
I suppose Eckhel is a good choice if you must have just one but the history of numismatics involves hundreds of people who each made great...
Welcome. I doubt there is anywhere you can get more to study for your money than in Byzantine bronzes. Like many here, I deny collecting them...
While I like the double owl the ones that stand out to me are the Taras and the Titus.
My old coin demonstrates the minor variations of club placement and, like yours the K under the stag. Do I care about minor details on these?...
Tops for me is Greek 8 and Roman 2.
Earlier I posted my Top Ten of 2020 consisting of eight coins that I considered 'expensive' by my definition and two under $100. I am old enough...
When I joined Coin Talk in 2009, the World section was subtitled to point out that it was OK to post other world coins besides the new Euro coins...
It was hard to vote since you numbered 5 & 6 reversed in the voting section. Claudius is some coin but my favorite by far is the Syracuse...
There is a second Bible story where Jesus tells Peter to catch a fish and in that fish he would find a coin that would pay the Temple Tax for the...
Part of me wants to say I like #11 best but I'll be good and say #3, the Lamsakos diobol. I am fond of Janiform heads that are not of Janus. I...
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