Thank you for your explanation, but would that give them added value and warrant the prices fetched?
Two recent Roma auctions offered the two denarii below. [IMG] Cornucopiae (first) series AR Denarius. Rome, 207 BC. Helmeted head of Roma right;...
Here is a similar coin that just sold for $500. It does not identify it as an octobol, but the weight would identify it as such. [IMG]...
Thank you Broucheion. What does the E tell us?
Would you consider this an octobol because of the weight? Ptolemy II or Ptolemy III? Why please?
I think the weight depends on when the coin was struck. They got lighter and lighter as time went by. The early cast ones were upward of 300g.
Thanks, pprp. I am confused about the three separate tail feathers that are all common to the above four groups. I have seen many Athens tets...
Can anyone direct me to a site that explains the different Starr Groups for the Athens tetradrachms? Thanks.
My understanding is that they did not have permission to search where they found the treasure. If they took the find to the proper British...
Here are two I bought just over a year ago. With the influx of Athen's tets, I doubt they are worth what I paid for them now. But I still think...
Each Christmas I give each of my five grand kids an ancient coin. This year I decided to give them a sestertius of Hadrian. Here are the ones...
Each Christmas I give each of my five grandchildren an ancient coin. This year they are receiving a sestertius of Hadrian. This is the last one...
Anyone care to venture a guess as to what the bumps are on this Hadrian sestertius? [IMG] HADRIAN (117-138). Sestertius. Rome. Obv: HADRIANVS...
Do not the Starr group coins also have three separate tail feathers rather than three grouped together?
I contacted Naville yesterday and received this reply. absolutly right, thank you very much and apoligize for this, website will be updated...
Having been somewhat rebuked for asking questions about coins that are currently being offered at auction, I still believe that if a coin really...
There are a lot of unanswered questions here. Where was the hoard found? When was it found? Who could have secreted the coins away? What coins...
The 2.00EUR charge per lot is in addition to the shipping and conversion fee.
Does anyone at CT have any experience with the Christoph Gartner auction house? They charge a ridiculous 23.8% buyer's fee plus 2.00EUR per lot...
Fees charged by auction houses to present your coins for sale at auction vary. I would suggest you contact several of those listed on NumisBids,...
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