A great set! I originally set out to build a century set as well but became too enamored with ancients.
The Euboia, Selinos, and Kyrene are my favorites but all are superb. Congratulations on a great year and some excellent pedigrees on top!
Your Antony/Octavia is a fantastic coin but the obverse of the 89/2 denarius really sings to me. An all around excellent group!
Echoing the points from @IdesOfMarch01 and others, dealers are applying their time, skill, and experience to identify what coins to buy, every...
Your Heliopolis is my favorite of the group: a superb, under-rated type in my eyes.
Welcome back, and I'm glad you brought the hockey puck back so that we can continue our game!
Beautiful coins! Your Muse and Sulla are my favorites (3 and 7). The Sulla has incredible eye appeal. And, that sounds like a fascinating era to...
Definitely #3, the Silphium!
That's a great reference - thanks!
There will usually be a handful of coins which sell in minutes and then others that will eventually sell for 10-20% less than the "buy" ask. I...
Not sure how I missed this thread! All of the coins are superb but your Octavian Senate House is incredible. Congratulations on a great year!
The canopic jar is a definite favorite of mine and your Ptolemy looks like it should have an earlier pedigree if one could be found. Great...
Your sextans is a superb paperweight and those coin weights are a very interesting piece of history: imagine the merchants they were used by and...
Prior to the recent hoard, adding each of those Starr group examples would have been a many-years long task: congratulations on crossing them off...
Those are brutal coins to be outbid on as they're all exceptionally nice pieces. I try to take solace in the fact that, even when the underbidder,...
Sorry for your losses, Mat, but I'm glad you were able to find some great coins in the meantime. The Antioch Vespasian is a standout in my eyes:...
Your introductory paragraph sounds more pessimistic than the coins you managed to acquire: I think you added some great pieces! The Hera Elis is...
I think if you asked 10 people what the 10 most important coins are, you'd get at least 11 results back because someone would change their mind...
Congrats on a great year!
That looks like the same image, just on a different background. Roma does this too - it helps a bit but I'd personally have rather seen another...
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