Congrats on the pickup, Parthicus. Excellent write-up. Nice Phraates IV coins, all. Deacon Ray, an fyi: your tet is Phraataces (or, if you...
The full refund offer is commendable. My only other reply to these recent posts will be to quote a great philosopher and starship engineer:...
As for a legit vendor with a sense of humor, I think of Frank Robinson's email announcement in early July for his last auction (now ended). Gotta...
Parthicus: Nice example. Agreed: November and an unpublished month/year combo. But, as I look closely at your pic, the year appears to be ENT...
ΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΝ ΑΡΣΑΚΟΥ ΕΥΕΡΓΕΤΟΥ ΔΙΚΑΙΟΥ ΕΠΙΦΑΝΟΥΣ ΦΙΛΕΛΛΗΝΟΣ Roughly: King of Kings Arsaces, Benefactor, Just, God Manifest, Friend of the Greeks
This is certainly one of the frustrations associated with collecting Parthians. Attributions can be a moving target. Most of the attribution...
Sallent, I'll up your new Spock with the TOS (and far superior) prototype. From a Tacitus, posted by Medieval over at CCF a couple years back....
My sincere condolences to you and your family.
Michael Godier is, without a doubt, one of the smartest people I know. He's been busy with writing scifi and creating fascinating vids on his...
Great little pick-up, Deacon Ray. Congrats. Fyi, for your records: Van't Haaff 14.7.2-2A.
Numismatas.com has a wonderful series of ebooks on medieval and later coinage, each free and downloadable, that I've used for quite some time....
Me too. Nice additions there...congrats!
Possibly an issue of Francesco II Gattilusio - c. 1400.
I think this is a good idea.
The reply received by my buddy at CCF, from Diana at Vcoins Support: "Thank you for your email and bringing this to our attention! It is highly...
Done. And the ancients moderator at CCF did so too...
Tif, what about the silver content, though? The examples you posted sure look like there is some debasement...
Sorry...was just trying to be coy and respectful with the "V mall"
For comparison, from the Caracalla (Antioch) and Septimius Severus (Laodicea ad Mare): [ATTACH]
Got an email announcing a new dealer at the V mall. Checked out the inventory, including these three below. I don't collect Romans and, so,...
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