Hi all, In addition to my fine Greek coin today, I also received another fancy bit of business in the mail today. I do not even seen this...
Hello all: I recently won an auction that I had forgotten I had even bid on. I like small Greek bronzes and I try to buy them when I see them...
A happy little addition to the Septimius Severus collection: Boni Eventus. I found these hard to find with clear legends that are not super...
Hello all, @Mat sold me a few pretty cool tetradrachms of Egypt this week. Included was this beauty....
Thought I would share a recent purchase that I had not seen until I saw this coin that I ended up buying. Providen Deor is not a common reverse...
Well, they are still long dead! Ha! But, my collection of them is not. Considering I have a little girl who is 12 weeks old today that is named...
So I have come across this a bunch and didn't know what it meant. I tried to find a definition and can not. Maybe some of our more...
Hello All, I spent about $20 to buy a lot of 20 ancient bronze coins. They are all Roman from what I can tell. All I have done is soak these...
I hope someone can help. I went scrolling through the WW page to see if I could make heads or tails of this. It came in some old holder that...
Hello All, I went to the Central States Numismatic Society show here near Chicago yesterday with a friend who wanted to go. Normally CSNS is a...
Hello, I was at the Chicago Coin Expo, the inheritor of the dealers of CICF two weekends ago. I bought an unattributed bunch of Greek coins as a...
Hello All, In order to keep making myself more insane and keep everyone busy in the meantime, I am working on another Greek coin. This time I...
....as in Azes II, of the Indo-Scythian Kingdom! Lol, I think. It's been a long couple of hours of looking at Greek coins. BASILEWS BASILEWN...
[ATTACH] So I have been trying to figure out what in the name of the Lord this is for about an hour now. It is in pretty good shape actually, but...
Hello All, I have been rattling around the Seleucid pages on WW and Forvm for a while trying to make sense of these two coins. I would guess...
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone will be at the Chicago Coin Expo tomorrow. I will be. Hope to run into some of you there. Nick
So, feeling braver and more knowledgeable after the help rendered yesterday, I tackled the last four of my coins. At least I had a head start on...
Anyone have a recommendation for an accurate cheap coin scale? My wife received one for our wedding but it rounds to the nearest gram and I would...
Hello All, I mentioned in a post a few weeks ago that I had some rogue Seleucid coins in my collection that I finally decided to investigate....
Hello All, I recently bought a coin and I am having a hard time differentiating between BMC 205 and 216. Is there any substantial difference? I...
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