I've just added this nice Trajan denarius. It was bequeathed to the seller, who was so nice to include the collector ticket. Does anyone recognize...
I've just received a fun Celtic group lot from a metal detectorist in the Netherlands. Part of the group lot (largely consisting of Senones potin...
I've noticed two things recently: first, images don't load, especially in the older threads. Second, when I open a thread, I'm now greeted by a...
Though early medieval coinage has become the focus of my collection, I can not resist the occasional Greek, Roman or Celtic coin that grasp my...
I was thrilled to receive my most recent addition: a Serie E 'plumed bird' sceatta. My collection focus has drifted towards early medieval coinage...
Apart from watching bids on my consigned coins, I really like to compare my pictures versus those of the auction house. I use a Nikon d3200 with a...
This year was dynamic, to say the least. My third child, a son, was born in March, only two years and 40 minutes after the birthday of my twin,...
My threads on sceatta's don't really grab the attention, but this title hopefully will. @Nap suggested this sceatta from a dealer in France: I was...
So, with some delay, I've received my wins from Heritage Europe. That is, I've not yet received the coins, which are currently residing in the...
This denier of Bohémond III was part of a group lot that I recently acquired. It is not yet in my possession, as @AnYangMan picked it up from the...
Having totally no experience with this coinage (and in general with this period), I recently bought this silver Douzain, which I identified as a...
This denarius was listed on a Dutch ebay-like site. The pictures were rather poor, and I absentmindedly placed a bid of €40 (~45 USD) on it, and...
Two of the (many) aspects of coin collecting I enjoy are sceatta's, and cleaning encrusted silver coins. Today, I had the joy to combine both...
Sceattas The focus of my collection has largely shifted to sceatta's: small silver coins from the 'dark ages', likely minted between c. 690-750 AD...
Recently, I've added a few interesting Celtic coins to my collection. Most came with a find location, which is always a pre in my opinion....
I've quite recently acquired this coin of Domitian. I believe it's an as, but it's a bit heavy weighted (that is, I found out that most are around...
Some might have noticed that my collection drifted away from the Roman Empire. Sceatta's, and then mainly those (likely) minted in Magnia Frisia -...
Please join me in this fun project. This small Roman hoard of 15 AR antoniani was found recently, and I have been asked to describe and clean it....
... was written on the coin envelopes of these two, indeed very small, coins by the seller. Though I already owned a Tetartemorion of Kolophon,...
I finally found some time to properly photograph these three coins; a nice series from Metapontion: [ATTACH] GREECE, Anonymous. Denomination: AE...
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