I know it's hard to tell from pictures, but I just got this auction win in the post and it just doesn't look right to me. I've seen very few...
I've seen a few discussions about making agreements to step back from coins of mutual interest that come up at auction. I think we need to be...
Article in French:...
[ATTACH] I'm quite new to the hobby, so this book looked perfect. Robert Eaglen wrote this book around his own collection, with short chapters on...
[ATTACH] Wonderfully old fashioned experience. Have to call down for the Coin Tray Expert to serve me. Added up in his head, no register. My first...
I used to think Boeotia vase coins were boring. I've seen the light. I was sorry to lose out in a recent auction on a wonderful tiny fraction with...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH]I recently complained that I'd never found acceptable Julius Caesars at acceptable prices. Today I found three at a coin fair, so...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] This is one of the most visually appealing ancient coins and I've been after the 'right' one for a while. How to spend the coin...
This short and lively book is a pleasure to read. It's not about coins, directly. It's about what coins tell us about the Hellenistic world, and...
Viewing at Naville today. There are a few more bays like this, and they told me that these are just 'the books that they don't use much' . The...
It's election day in the UK, which gives me an excuse to post one of my favourite coins. Denarius of P. Licinius Nerva, 113-112BC with wonderful...
I was pleased to get a sharp Boetia hemidrachm for a reasonable price, with a kantharos on the reverse. Before getting into coins I already had a...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I had a small collection of coins as a child, bought with money from a newspaper round (cliche I know...). I always lusted after...
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