100% agree with you, especially the porous metal is often awful in photo despite sometimes being not that bad in hand. One of my favorite: perfect...
Congratulations for this fantastic acquisition ! I can't wait to see a stunning photo of it on your website. I wonder by curiosity if at this...
I am a big fan of sicilian litrai! if I had to post them all, I would fill several pages of this discussion :D . here is a selection: Syracusa...
Very nice portrait on your coin @Shea19 !! I share with Doug a passion for Sicilian small silver denominations. Doug, i have an interesting coin...
It is a fantasy coin. Drachma is used both as a weight and coin. It comes from δραχμή "as much as one can hold in the hand" a drachma is worth six...
The Lot 65, a tetradrachm of Naxos estimated £200,000 is in all probability a modern forgery and has the same pedigree ; a pretty nice fail :D ......
like @Egry : Damaged and repaired so price slightly under 1000$ for this EL stater of Carthage 310-290 BC ref Müller 52, Jenkins-Lewis group V...
AhAh, sometimes you get lucky ! I've bought mine for the price of a rather nice bicycle... [ATTACH] of course as a greek coins collector i have...
Nice coins ! Here is mine, a new acquisition as well. From the Lampsakos mint ref. Thompson 49. [ATTACH]
I agree with andrew, it's quite unethical. i have attended many live auctions (mainly in France and Germany) and very often, the auctionner...
haha i hope you haven't bought this coin in the expectation that its price could be 1819$ :D BTW it's a pretty nice coin for the price your paid,...
Fixed your post ;) Nice coin ! it could be classified as Flament group III dating 420-404 BC an attempt of classification of the athenian coinage...
A Litra of Catane has arrived broken in 3 ! The auction house has refund me but it's a pitty that a coin that has survived 2500 years was so...
ZERO out of 5 greek coins interested in. 2 times the underbidder :arghh:
Congratulations : A very great coin !! and a nice photo.
yes a huge homework, especially with sicilian bronzes and despite that, you will have some forgeries for sure. I consider myself in the upper...
We already had a discussion regarding the hoard of roughly 45000 owls found few months ago : ------ This hoard is an interesting issue. I was...
a range between a buck and several millions [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
the genuineness of the origin of this ingot is debated...
nice catch for 15$ but be careful with ebay and the greek coins, there are sooo many fakes... It is an onkia of Akragas ref. CNS I p.192 87 Obv....
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