I wanted to share a few favorites that I picked up earlier this year. I haven't been bidding much lately because of the high hammer prices I've...
Nice coin, @Valentinian! Great style, patina and centering.
I've been working to digitally catalog my collection, including "estimated value" and references to three comparable examples sold at auction....
[IMG] Kings of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios Æ Half Unit 323-317 BC Sardis mint Circa 322-319/8 BC Obverse: Shield with kerykeion in central...
Great coins, @jamesicus! I don't have any sestertii of Claudius to share, but I do have these: [IMG] Claudius as, RIC 100. It has a unique...
Your kid has good taste! Here is my Caracalla tet that @furryfrog02 was looking at in the "for sale" forum: [IMG] [IMG] Phoenicia, Berytus,...
[IMG] [IMG] Coin #11 - SOLD Trebonianus Gallus Æ 29, Syria - Antiochia ad Orontem 251-253 AD Antioch, Syria mint Obverse: ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡЄΒ...
I'm selling the following 20 ancient Greek and Roman coins. These were spread across 2 threads of 10 coins each, but the mod kindly merged them...
Nice coin, @Shea19 ! I picked one up recently as well: [IMG] It looks very "Roman" for a provincial type, and I'm satisfied to have it...
It was my first time successfully bidding in an FSR auction, and I picked up a nice Lysimachos tetradrachm that has been on my wish list for a...
Glad you received your coin! I read a news article today about a USPS delivery worker that hoarded 17,000 pieces of mail, because he was too...
Sure, here is an outline of what I think is a pi character: [IMG]
I have two coins from Pitane. The first does not have a pi, and the second, smaller denomination, does. I've never noticed it! 16mm, 3.7g, no pi:...
This pendant arrived in the mail today, which I picked up for twelve bucks at auction. I believe it's a struck counterfeit Syracusan tetradrachm...
Many thanks to my Secret Saturn for this awesome tetradrachm of Ptolemy X Alexander! It's a sharp coin of excellent style. I especially like the...
I have a couple of earlier issues that seem to be different denominations, though BMC doesn't differentiate between the two: [IMG] Troas,...
I could definitely see myself collecting more of the type, @dougsmit - at the very least one of the "workshop of death." Yours is quite nice. What...
Here are my top 10 coins of 2019, presented in no particular order. As you can see, I'm a bit of a generalist… I buy anything that catches my eye...
Here is a denarius of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar and Antoninus Pius as Augustus. Ref: RIC III 411a, struck in 139 AD. Above Antoninus Pius there is...
Amazing group of coins - I'd call it a successful year!
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