My focus is Roman Republic, so whether I need the type is the first parameter. While I make exceptions, I try to buy the best condition I can...
This may be true with regard to IMPERIAL quadrantes, but is not true with reapect to the denomination as a whole. Beginning in 217 BC, after Aes...
'Twas I that attempted to bid, but failed. I had not used this particular live bidding platform in some time, and this was my first target (for...
In 2018, Spink released a budget-friendly, combined reprint of the Cunetio and Normanby Hoard catalogues in a single volume. Price is about $100....
Yes, the revised edition of RIC, Vol 1 was published in 1984 - four years AFTER the Stack's sale of the Knobloch Collection of Roman Imperial coins.
Ditto, and I've never had a dealer stop me or refuse to let me do so. Most dealers have felt tray "safety nets" for this purpose.
Great coin you're holding...:joyful:
@IdesOfMarch01 it is a excellwnt example, well struck, fairly well centered and in good style. The surfaces are also uniformly excellent, and...
That may be true in this case, but not necessarily in other cases. I bought at retail a coin which had appeared in several NAC sales in the early...
I think the coin far more likely depicts the deeds of the moneyer's ancestor, perhaps with hope that then current events would highlight the...
I meant to add one more goal for the year: Continue to build an online presence for my collection. So far, I've been doing this in the galleries...
My goals, or more appropriately resolutions, are: Buy fewer coins - focusing on coins that really excite me, either for quality or academic...
Congratulations on a great year @red_spork . I was going to post a top list, but 3 coins arrived today unexpectedly Gotta rethink my list!
Rather than a new book, I rebound an old book, which my wife paid for. Adm. Smyth's 1856 descriptive catalogue of the Duke of Northumberland's...
Yes for me. I had success in several auctions last month and wife gave the cash to pay for one coin.
Wonderful acquisitions. Regarding your Quadrigatus, it's likely a mint in Apulia. Crawford lumps these with the better-style, higher-relief,...
The reverse always attracted me to this type. It depicts the myth of Hercules killing the Centaur that has attempted to ravage his wife. Struck...
@Alegandron , you can get reprints cheaper than that (at the expense of plate quality). However, first editions (with the best quality plates) in...
Current favorite. Far more than a catalogue, it includes important essays on the history of the coinage, dating the coinage, mint management, the...
Record keeping (including photos) via my self-designed database, is equally as important to me as my storage method. When the coins are...
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