Here's my example which I bought several years ago. I owned it for a while before I discovered that it was the plate coin for the type in Sear's...
Most who collected ancient coins during the 2008/9 U.S. financial crisis will recall that the ancient coin market thrived before, during and...
It's terrible news. Condolences to his family, friends and business associates. I met Eldert many times, including 3 months ago at the New York...
Congratulations, Nick!
I would guess (I've not researched this) that the "small change" use of the semunciae perhaps meant that they rarely wound-up back in the state's...
And here is a much more common Crawford 41 Sextans overstruck on a Crawford 38 Uncia. The crest of Roma's helmet from the undertype Uncia is...
Lovely style on that Domitian, David. Congratulations. I acquired this full-frontal aegis from the last Triton sale: [ATTACH] Rome, Moneyers...
Several of these books are excellent. Franke and Hirmer is an impressive "coffee table book" of Greek coins - the English version tends to be...
I had the pleasure of seeing this coin in person in New York City in January. Really a terrific find by @red_spork
Speaking of which, attached is the photo of your coin from the Santamaria catalogue of the Professor Angelo Signorelli Collection: [ATTACH]
They resemble Pegasi tickets, maybe with the identifying info cut-off. Anyone have a Pegasi ticket handy for comparison?
As a collector of Roman Republican coins, I very much HATE the millenium edition vol 1. In this edition, Sear has split the Republican silver and...
Yes, the mythical story is that the centaur graciously offered to help Hercules' wife across a river. Centaur proceeded to rape Herc's wife on...
Yes, it's clearly the same die. Generally, a die match does not mean a coin is fake, as genuine coins struck from the same dies (or a genuine...
This is the first I've seen this thread. I may not be a "highly respected" member, but I had concerns with the OP coin before I saw Lolli's post....
Ryro's coin of course, is a CAST Aes Grave Triens. To continue his story, within a year or so of Hannibal's invasion, circa 217 BCE, the Romans...
There's a way around this issue of not financially supporting a vociferous anti-collector while still benefitting from his research: buy a used copy.
So packed because it's a smokin' coin, David! :smuggrin:
Thanks all for the kind comments.
My final collection addition for January 2020 was an attractive denarius of Sextus Pompey. Although exhibiting some wear, this is a particularly...
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