My grandma used to keep a goat when I was a kid. I was supposed to take the goat to the pasture occasionaly and keep an eye on it while it was...
It is also a rare variant. The caduceus on the reverse apparently has a crescent-shaped handle which is unusual. Could it just be a die break instead?
I haven't received the catalogs yet but at first glance it seems that the offer is somewhat weaker than usual. Probably due to the NYINC not...
Thanks to all that have commented or liked my posting. Indeed, it has been a sucessful year for me numismatically. If I had to choose which of...
2020 has been a good to me numismatically despite the pandemics and increased competition for pedigreed coins. I could still find decent coins for...
Congratulations on your win, @Nvb Those issues from Lampsakos have truly remarkable portraits. Here is mine, which I already presented in a...
I think the repairman did a very good job. But the bull's belly has clearly been repaired. I wonder if it just smoothing or if any metal was added...
My new Nerva denarius. A great potrait of the emperor IMHO unlike many crude caricatures you can often see on his coins. And beautifuly toned,...
My favourite and also most expensive denarius (not my photo). I fell in love with that cuirassed bust. Looks really heroic IMHO: [ATTACH]...
Can't speak for the UK but in Belgium this only happened to me once in probably 100 shipments. Much of it probably depends on what is written on...
You’re correct.
[ATTACH] Mine is a common type but with a nice patina on a big flan and a pedigree to Henry Platt Hall collection sold by Glendinings in 1950.
Actually, I remember Alan Walker writing in one of his newsletters that early in the 20th century the dealers were actively trying to dissuade the...
Thanks @NewStyleKing I don't specialize in this type, so I was looking for the best possible style of the obverse. I am also a sucker for...
My example: [ATTACH]
Some coins that go way over the estimates may have a hidden pedigree, especially when they show old toning. And since several high-end collectors...
I received mine yesterday.
So you just bought this marvelous specimen and are immediately thinking about upgrading it. Did I get it right?
I just hope those collectors do not go the Gulbenkian way and thus don't take those coins out of the market forever.
Now this is mine. I assume it is a transition issue since the tail feathers are not separated.[ATTACH]
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