Thank you everyone and thank you @lordmarcovan for providing fun contests for the community! I'm very stoked about this and a bit shocked at the...
It looks Punic to me or even Sicilio-Punic with Hercules on the Obverse. On the Reverse, the horse is shown standing on a ground line, which is...
PELLA is what I use to confirm the "Price reference numbers" that dealers give when they list the Alexander III types but if there is no reference...
Thanks a lot! I need some Price books now...
Hello, I need quick help identifying this Alexander III drachma, I only have a picture of the reverse but the monograms seem to be a "MX" under...
Excellent find, it looks great. I have certainly not seen this AE type from the Second Punic War before, it is a decent size too.
Selling 3 pre-1900 US coins to raise some money to buy ancient coins. I like these coins a lot but I have shifted more back into ancients as of...
So beautiful I just want to snatch it.
I hope you have better luck than me, I once sent a Morgan that I though was almost perfect to NGC to get graded and I was expecting at least an...
Listing my like-new Sigma Metalytics Pro Mini Precious metals/metals verifier. I have only used this several times and have never charged it...
Sold for scrap???? What do they mean by that? Are they saying that bronze, silver and gold artifacts were sold to be melted down at refineries?
Entry for Lot #4 . I've been getting into classical music lately and listening while looking at my ancients and 19th century US coins have really...
Might be a controversial idea but maybe you can try to artificially darken that light area inside the rim nick, it's only standing out because of...
@Silphium Addict Thanks! I'm just glad I could get the crud off this cool coin! This may be off topic but how do you take proper photos of...
I have news folks! After a 48 hour soak in the warm/heated sodium thiosulphate solution, I decided to take it out of the solution and wash it...
Stunning 1/2 EL Shekel, I don't think I've seen this denomination in electrum for Punic issues before. So did you just soak the coin in distilled...
Holy cow, you have some sweet coins! I keep telling myself, one day I will own Carthaginian gold....
Wow, that is brilliant. Thank you for your examples, this is great information for the conservation side of the hobby. Of course like you said,...
Thanks for the suggestion and glad to hear you had success, I'm now in the middle of soaking the coin in a sodium thiosulphate solution for at...
Thanks for the replies, I've owned a few 1/4 Shekels from the 2nd Punic war but never a 1/2 Shekel. If you ask me it is definitely cool to have...
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