Today marks the start of a new administration. In the middle of a raging pandemic and economic hardships, this is a time for hope of a better...
Here's a recent arrival, an AE as of Vespasian, with an eagle on a globe for the reverse. My question is whether this coin was minted in Rome or...
This is the last ancient coin for me this year. It came to me from a French seller via MA Shops. It is an imitative tetradrachm of Athens,...
I was hoping that another shipment would arrive this month, but that is clearly not to be. The volume of packages flooding the postal system has...
I won this 10 taels sycee salt tax ingot in 2005, during the New York International Coin Fair auction conducted by Ponterio and Associates, Sale...
I normally post threads on the ancients, and, to a lesser degree, world forum sites. However, I decided to post on this forum a silver medal that...
Since joining CT, my interest in Roman coinage has increased, from a secondary consideration to a higher level of interest. Normally I don't...
While not a tale concerning ancient coins, it is an interesting one nonetheless. From the Guardian:...
This coin, a mass production owl, has what appears to be a reduced size obverse die. The obverse was struck off center, yet almost all die detail...
The pivotal and bloody conflict that was the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) transformed Europe, breaking the power of the Holy Roman Empire, and...
Over the many years of coin collecting, I have never considered an annual retrospective related to my purchases, which span the range of...
While I am putting together a list of the 10 most notable coins purchased during this tumultuous year, one event is closing in fast - the end of...
I have one more coin to post, from the same source as the Caracalla tetradrachm. I do not own this coin. I think this is a tetradrachm (13.2...
I just got these photos today from a friend in Israel who needs help in determining the rarity and value of this tetradrachm of Caracalla. The...
Here's a coin that shows up with some frequency on the auction circuit. It is an oncia of 30 tari, Sicily, issued by Ferdinand IV in 1791. This...
For those in the ancients forum interested in British history, I posted a couple of threads covering the English Civil War (1642-1651), featuring...
Yesterday, I posted a thread on my Oxford half pound, issued by Charles I in 1643, at the onset of a conflict that had a profound effect on...
This is a coin that I obtained from World-wide Coins of California back in the late 1980's. Normally, I do not concentrate on British coinage,...
This morning started with windy conditions and the chance that perhaps one or two rain drops will actually fall. My area is seriously short on...
While wandering around eBay today, I came across this seller, who lists coins as coming from Austria. Based on the profile this seller is based...
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