This is no doubt an interesting and unusual object. Is there a reason you posted it in the Ancients section of this forum? Phil Davis
Although it absolutely is a fake, you really need to return it as is. Although it may not seem fair, if you deface it or refuse to return it, the...
Great coins, a truly impressive group! I never really appreciated the artistry of this Victory aureus of Augustus, just miles and miles better...
Mine. The rare sunken galley variety! [ATTACH] Phil Davis
I haven't looked closely at the prices, but what I've seen is very very odd. The better coins--including your new Coelia, Steve--are mostly going...
What you're seeing as a c/m is actually part of the type. It's a raised tablet inscribed L . D (= Libero--Damno.) Phil Davis
It continues tomorrow and Thursday. Phil Davis
Carthage is typically spelled with a K by German speakers. I don't think I've ever seen that in English. Phil Davis
Here are a few: Crawford 340/1: [ATTACH] Some 408/1b (can't find any 1a pics): [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Phil Davis
I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority in this, but I tend to think that including "finest style" in the definition of FDC adds more ambiguity than...
Yes, both hardcover and soft. The original is more fun though, in a steam-punk sort of way, and probably not super-expensive with patience.
Rear-Admiral William Henry Smyth, editor of the 1856 catalogue of the Family Coins collection of the Duke of Northumberland. The catalogue is sui...
Good eye @DonnaML. It really doesn't seem to have been noticed, not even by my favorite Adm. Smyth or by Alberto Banti, but there are other...
[ATTACH] Phil Davis
Here's one I never honestly expected to own. Crawford 457/1, struck for Julius Caesar by A. Allienus in Sicily in 47 BC. Quite scarce rather than...
Crawford 121/2. [ATTACH] Phil Davis
This is the rarest denarius of Julius Caesar, Crawford 452/5 (rarest along with its "large head" sibling, Crawford 452/4, and excluding Crawford...
Hi Mike. Clearly the boxes once belonged to Yale, but... Did Yale have any records of the coins themselves, other than merely the boxes? Photos...
I finally found the right example of Crawford 353/1c: [ATTACH] Phil Davis
It's not in 57. I don't have 58.
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