. My feeling as well. If I would have to guess I'd say they're amateurs who are trying to offload an unregistered hoard they've uncovered. Just...
Difficult to beat that one. But still, if you had to guess, you'd probably guess Trajan... Only thing I can offer you is an Athena who looks as...
Really? Nice sense of humour! I would love to see the tellers face when he discovered a Roman coin in his register when he shut shop that...
Hi everyone Thanks for sharing your stories. Here's mine: My name is Dan Herschberg. I'm originally Dutch, but live in Norway these days. 57...
What a nice idea for a thread. I think I happily qualify as an ancient idiot (in doubt, just check my username:)). So my question: Was the...
Congrats with your first Dioscuri! Here's my denarius without galloping Dioscuri. I believe this is the one Limes mentioned erlier on in the...
Frankly, to me estimates are about as valuable a tool as next weeks and last weeks weather forecast. Ultimately the coin is worth what somebody is...
Congratulations, Ryro. I almost bid on that one as well, but decided to save my money til the next lot in that auction. Happy to see that it went...
Wow! 20.000...Congratulations, Bing! :) I've only gotten as far as one percent of that... And a nice coin. It's on my wishlist as well. Only...
Discipline sounds dignified, thank you. Has a nice Stoic ring to it. Lack of funds would be a more realistic assessment though...:)
Congratulations with your win! Well done and a god portrait of Caligula.( I had it on my watchlist although I knew I couldnt make a realistic bid...
Anyone mention Sicily? I like the bust of Zeus Eleutherios (liberator) on this one. A very benign King of Gods happy with life on Olympos... I...
I'm no expert, butI believe the origin of purple as a color of royalty, aristocracy and senatorial privilige goes back to the Phoenician purple...
And here's the root of all confusion: [ATTACH] The Tower of Babel (Breughel the Elder) When in doubt about pronunciation, blame the...
I don't know how to do it, but isn't this the time for someone to post a vid of Pontius Pilatus' speech problems in Monty Pythons 'Life of Brian'?...
My coin arrived yesterday after 33 a day Odyssey from Belgium. It's quite a chunky one so I had hoped it would come at least padded... Instead I...
I invoke the 37 hour and 54 minutes rule: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Maximinus II as Caesar, 305-308. AE follis, Aquileia mint, 3rd officina, 305-6. 29...
Yep, I can see it. You've really earned your 'like' now. Nice coin:happy:. Gefeliciteerd!
Next: an overstrike, because I like them.
I have only a single coin with a cornucopia. Here it is, the Marlon Brando from antiquity: Seleukid Kingdom. Antioch ad Orontem. Demetrios I...
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