I found the seller's page on ebay and had a look at it. Most of what he has on offer is modern coins, the ancients look like low grade authentic...
Nice idea for a thread. I like the subtle differences in the horseman's positition, attire and hairstyles. @dougsmit has a wonderful website on...
An unusual Mars insofar as the legend uses the accusative case, which is rather rare on Roman coins: [ATTACH] Gordian III, Roman Empire, AE...
[ATTACH] Huvishka, Kushan Empire, AE tetradrachm, c. 155-189 CE. Obv: þAONANOþ OOηþKE KOþANO (partially struck), King riding elephant r., holding...
I think it's @Cucumbor. He isn't afraid to leave his Roman and French medieval comfort zone at times, and he loves great portraits. I know that...
It's Septimius Severus. Here is the full coin with attribution: [ATTACH] Septimius Severus, Roman Empire, AR denarius, 195 AD, Rome mint. Obv: L...
That's a terrific coin to start such a set! I tried something similar with the Roman pantheon, the twelve dei consentes. Here they are: [ATTACH]
I've shown my budget example on CT before, but since you are asking, here it is once more: [ATTACH] Attica, Athens, AR tetradrachm, ca. 440s–430s...
I do agree with you. Your point is all the more important since it doesn't apply only to the demonization of private collecting but also to other...
To be brief, it hasn’t been Harvard’s collection but that of a similarly well-known university. Apart from that, you summarized one half of my...
+1 Over the past decade, I have conducted academic research in various institutional archives in the US, the UK, Germany, Switzerland, and...
This has been a remarkably civil thread so far. Could we maybe keep it that way and simply agree on disagreeing with each other?
Though I have it for a while now, I haven't really shown this coin before, which is interesting for two main reasons. First, it illustrates that...
A very desirable type – I'm actively looking for an example of my own. Here are some denarii from Sulla's reign: [ATTACH] Roman Republic,...
I very much like the toning and portrait on your coin – very attractive! My only Nero ist the same type of as: [ATTACH] Nero, Roman Empire, as,...
Nymph 1: [ATTACH] Euboia, Histiaia, AR tetrobol, ca. 196–146 BC. Obv: head of Maenad wearing wreath of grapes r.; Rev: [IΣTI]-AIEΩN; nymph...
That's a very nice coin! Donna's and ambozie's points on grading are well-taken. It also seems necessary to me to understand grading ancient...
It's Monday again! Here is a late medieval Hanseatic witten with an interesting engraving error. The reverse legend should read "sit laus Deo...
Medieval Rhodes: [ATTACH] Knights Hospitaller (Order of St. John) at Rhodes, under Raymond Bérenger, AR Gigliato, 1365-1374. Obv: + F RAIMUNDVS...
The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, the British Museum in London, the Bode Museum in Berlin, and the Cabinet des Médailles in Paris have...
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