After looking at sold prices on acsearch, these seem to have quite a range with the closest comparables selling 10-15 years ago. Yours is nicer...
@dougsmit It is stranger still to see a coin go unsold at an auction, unsold post-auction, and then get driven up to several times estimate when...
@ominus1 I have noticed that his auctions are listed on Emax.bid but not on Sixbid or Numisbids. You can also check in occasionally on fsrcoin.com...
@don oswald in ancients the grade is somewhat subjective and most collectors pay little attention. There are many factors that determine the...
@Ajax not so much of their recent work but all around that Colony/ Clayman era was amazing, I saw them live a few times in the early 2000's
I'm pretty sure you meant to say rear ends @Ryro I'm not a huge collector of Roman coins but I do hope to add a nice As one day. I've been...
@Hookman I'm no expert with these coins, but it seems the majority of the Ptolemaic bronzes have these round depressions in the middle - possibly...
Cool! I just signed up and found a provenance of my Alexander III Amphipolis Tetradrachm. [ATTACH] This exact match earned a 9.2 edited -...
How does this stack up against ex-numis or other available tools? I suppose there are 2 major components to its usefulness - the quality of the...
Nice. I'm needing to do a die study on a coin I'm interested in, will have a look at this.
Correction: Vardanes II 55-58 AD Unfortunately it's too late to edit my original post.
I don't have a coin of Mithradates II, so here is a Parthian tetradrachm of Vardanes I which I won last night. I'll have to get the exact...
I'm quite sure I'm ancient times dropping a handful of change was a real drag! Just imagine being outside on loose ground..
I had no idea this tetradrachm existed before I saw it in Par's auction. Nice pickup on a true rarity. Glad it is headed your way @medoraman
Browsing the listings on Vcoins is a good start. The ancient coins are categorized and the ones you have here will likely be in the Ancient...
The third is from the Kushan Empire, but with the amount of wear an exact ID could be difficult. This bronze of Kanishka I is close..but not a...
That's a wonderful and educational post @Jochen1 . Your time and effort is appreciated by many here. Here is my one and only Janus, and one of my...
For me it means about 1000+ years old. The reality is much more complex and others have articulated it better than could. I consider myself a...
I'm sure the OP coin attribution was a copy paste error. This particular dealer specializes in the area and knows them well.
SASANIAN KINGS. Šābuhr (Shahpur) I [IMG] AD 240-272. AR Drachm (27mm, 4.36 g, 3h). Mint VIII (“Susa”?). Phase 1b, circa AD 244-252/3. Bust right,...
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