It's hard to watch "Tiger King" – in many ways, the show is painfully spot-on. I understand it as a sort of chamber play that unsparingly reveals...
Thanks for the informative and fascinating write-up! It's interesting to see the variety of monograms or letter combinations this types comes...
Roma are not the only ones. About two weeks ago, I received this e-mail from Tauler y Fau concerning some coins I had won in their spring sale...
Oh, Sütterlin script – I love it! Here is what I read on your ticket: Autronia B.1 Dioskuren, ROMA Zeichen AR 24.X 1901 Babelon 80 fr. Merzb....
For $500, you could, for example, easily get a Canon EOS Rebel T6 or T7 with an 18–55mm kit lens, a cheap generic set of macro adaptor rings, and...
Beautiful addition, @Bing ! My Probus from Tripolis is in lower grade. It's not a die match but stylistically so close to yours that I feel...
I can only agree. Coins with attractive or interesting wear and good style are usually more desirable to me than coins in higher grade that show...
Thanks for posting this interesting coin an the informative write-up! Your theory of an intended second strike in order to "correct" a first...
I like both of them, but especially the Commodus is a fantastic catch at this price. Two nice additions to your collection! Below are two 2020...
It also isn't uncommon to see multiple banker's marks clustered together. Unfortunately, my bid was blown out of the water when this coin came up...
It looks like "banker's marks" to me. The main theory on these is that a coin tester and money changer (nummularius) would test coins with with...
Thanks a lot for your help, the three of you! That's extremely helpful, and now I see that I was searching and thinking in the wrong direction...
And I always thought her friends just called her Jaydee to distinguish her from her sister Jay Macy and her niece J.So, who is not to be confused...
Dear all, Since the Corona crisis means that I have to spend a lot of time at home, I'm finally trying to properly attribute some miscellaneous...
Thanks a lot - that’s extremely helpful!
That's an interesting question. I remember it having been raised in a very worthwhile older thread on extinct animals on ancient coins (see here)...
Thanks a lot – I bought it as RIC 874 and had no idea! EDIT: Here's another lesson in always checking seller's attributions twice. When I wanted...
Good idea – I saw a similar picture taken in a German supermarket yesterday: [ATTACH] In translation, the sign says: "Against hoarding! Please...
That's a very good portrait on your as, @Clavdivs – I like it! For me, too, Titus was the last Flavian emperor I added to my collection. I got a...
Alright – in chronological order: [ATTACH] Phokis, Federal Coinage, triobol, ca. 490–485 BC. Obv: frontal bull's head. Rev: head of Artemis r....
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