I meant to get a coin of Hannibalianus Rex for I don't know how long. I have never been satisfied with the condition. Finally, I pulled the...
This is another Frisian Triens, which pre-dates the other Trientes above. It dates to around AD 600 and is believed to be one of the earliest...
This is another Frisian triens from Maastricht (Moneyer THRASAMVND") This coin is much much rarer (I think only 2 known) than the Dronrijp and...
This is another Frisian triens of the Dorestad type from my collection (moneyer MADELINVS) [ATTACH]
Here is my Frisian triens of the Dronrijp type: [ATTACH] The legends are completely blundered, with the reverse legend consisting mostly of...
Sorry if I'm nit-picking, but (1) there was no such thing as "French Merovingians". The Merovingians were Francs, i.e. an ethnically Germanic...
Great catch! I also have a Dronrijp triens, which I will post later. Mine shows a more complete reverse legend (apparently bigger flan), but I...
Very interesting. What are the measurement? Can the writing be interpreted?
In a fair auction prices can be high or low, according to buyers' means and preferences, but they should not be "bizarre". When auction prices are...
I second that.
No, not really. For somebody dying of thirst it is absolutely not wrong to pay 1000 dollars for a bottle of water. If the bottle saves his live...
NAC is offering a similar coin for more than 10 times your price: https://www.numisbids.com/n.php?p=lot&sid=5688&lot=76 NAC's coin is in better...
Great coins, everybody!
I don't think that our positions are that far apart. We all formulate price estimates in our heads before bidding on a coin. For the Maximus...
This coin I bought in the recent Peus auction. I showed it in a different thread, but here is the full description Obv.: FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB...
Great coins shown here. The Trier mint produced wonderful coins even before Constantine: Here is my retirement follis of Diocletian from Trier:...
Yes, I noticed that this group included many exceptional coins, in terms of condition and especially style. Some of these coins went much above...
For example, I didn't expect to win this coin for EUR 280 [ATTACH] and was also happy to get this one for EUR 180 [ATTACH] I also like this...
The concept of "fair value" is valid, but only for homogenous goods (bonds, stocks, crude oil, bushels of wheat etc.). In my view, there is no...
Interesting coin and great find, congratulations. For what its worth, I think it is official.
Separate names with a comma.
