About a year ago, I bought a small bracteate in hand from Allen Berman, a trusted dealer in medieval coins. It came with a small ticket printed on...
I've been going through my collection and decided to sell a range of ancient coins that simply don't fit in that well anymore. The coins that have...
Unfortunately, many modern collectors and beginners wrongly assume that ancient and medieval coin collecting has to be prohibitively expensive. As...
It seems to be that time of year, so here are my top ten of 2019 in chronological order. Since I personally always like to hear why others include...
As many others in this forum, I like the coinage of Septimius Severus. Especially his denarii come with a plentitude of interesting reverses and...
One of my main collecting interests is medieval bracteates. Since bracteates are not shown in this forum too often, I thought it a good idea to...
I just discovered that the catalogue for the 2nd "Ancient & Medieval Coins Canada" auction is now online on biddr! Since I know that many forum...
My most recent acquisition is a bracteate that I have been trying to get for about two years. The type in itself is not that scarce, but it can be...
Currently, I am trying to photograph and properly attribute some low grade coins I bought years ago when I started collecting ancients – mostly...
Please excuse this request – I usually don't like to ask for authenticity assessments on CoinTalk, but here is a coin I really don't know what to...
SOLD Dear all, I recently bought this one from Savoca, thinking it was a Celtic imitation of an Alexander drachm. In hand, it turns out that it...
I am still in the process of making some space in my coin boxes, and below are a couple of coins that have to go. Some I have upgraded, some...
Medieval numismatics can feel a bit like a swamp to novice collectors: impossible to navigate, easy to get stuck in, full of alligators and...
I am in the process of making some space in my collection, and below are some coins that have to go. Some I have upgraded at some point, some...
I need to make space in my medieval box. Below are some coins that have to go. Some you might have seen here before. To help you with your...
One of my collecting goals for 2019 is to focus more on my medieval subcollection. In order to do so, I first need to make some space in my...
I have this coin from Alexandria Troas, and it took me a while to attribute it. It is neither listed in Bellinger: Coins of Troy (1961), nor in...
This summer, when I was visiting the Landesmuseum in Hannover, Germany, I saw that they have a small hoard of 78 Roman silver coins on display....
A Roman Republican as with a Janus obverse and a prow reverse has been on my want list for quite some time, and I have been waiting for the right...
Dear All, I've been trying to attribute this little Greek or Roman provincial bronze coin (18 mm diameter, weight 4.31 g) for a couple of weeks...
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