I'll give a third thumbs up to the Roma portrait on the 89/2 - that is art.
This is a superb coin and a truly great photograph!
Here are a few of my favorite slithering specimens: Heracles strangling two snakes: [ATTACH] On Athena's helmet on this distater: [ATTACH]...
That reverse is spectacular - congrats!
Tiberius' "***" rarity rating says everything you'd need to know about the quality of this list.
That Hadrian aureus is a beautiful example, @Cicero12 , and a really great place to start the this era of your collection, and poetic that you...
This is likely just a colloquial phrase: I doubt anyone outside of coin collectors would understand/care about the difference between striking and...
This Domitian is my favorite photograph, partially because of how hard it was to capture. It's a subtle difference overall but here's my...
Here is a trihemistater (1.5 staters): [ATTACH] A cistophorus (three denarii): [ATTACH] And a trite for the opposite side of the fraction:...
It's been some time since I've seen these mentioned on this forum but Claire Franklin is a truly brilliant cartoonist as well as a numismatist. I...
I managed to track down the original article from 1938 which has your coin photographed. Definitely a valuable additional part of the provenance!...
Welcome to the forum! The IMPER RECEPT is one of my favorite types as well. Yours is a tremendous example, made even better by the great pedigree...
Next month will be the 11th anniversary of me waiting for four types which were on wantlists I emailed out that year. I've almost crossed a couple...
I think your sheet of paper is too opaque to get the effect you want (and, it might just be too bright in general for additional diffusing to make...
I agree. The Tyrant collection undeniably has many great coins (especially his US eagles - an incredible set) but he owns a few coins I've sold...
It is - his voice fits narrating well! Maybe if the whole coin thing doesn't work out for him, he should go into voice-over work ;)
There are so few coins with Homer on them, I too am quite surprised at how inexpensive this type is. Your coin has everything going for it - congrats!
I wish! But, buyer's fees go to pay for the auction house's overhead and staff and are the same regardless of the hammer price.
Here you go (outdated by a handful of recent purchases and woefully behind on writeups but it's been a busy last many months!)...
Thanks! Alas, the aureus is definitely out of my reach unfortunately!
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