Really, we are talking apples and oranges here. You are describing seller scams. I am describing verifiable auction provenances. The...
I couldn't disagree more with regard to impact on value and desirability of higher-quality coins. In the U.S. and in some other countries,...
Ate my rabbit!! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] ELIS, Olympia. 244-208 BCE. AR Drachm (4.75g; 18mm). Obv: Eagle flying right, clutching cute little bunny in...
I do the exact same thing, largely because I couldn't bring myself to add pencil notes to my first edition Crawford!** I use Crawford series...
Congtatulations, Nick! Are you able to share a table of contents?
@Bing reverse control mark looks like a wineskin to me. That would pair nicely with the obv mark.
Nice symbols. @rrdenarius . Crawford dated the issue to 64 BCE, but Hersh and Walker brought that date down to 59 BCE based on their analysis of...
Roman Republican bronzes minted about 500 years before this also show decorated prow stems from time to time. So the answer is likely "yes".
Is the inhaler added to the group for irony?
The explanation is much simpler. The Hommel collection, like Trau and Stöcklin, was a multi-generational family collection. There was more than...
My Plautius Plancus denarius of the Roman Republic is a good example of macabre fright with it's Medusa head obverse: [ATTACH] "In Greek...
That would get tiring very quickly. Not sure my back could handle bending-over trays for that many hours. Was it a space issue?
I was thinking, and surprised no one else suggested, that Clio's emblems really should be "finger hovering above SEND button". ;)
I've recently acquired two, old-provenance examples of the lovely coinage of Q. Pomponius Musa, who punned his name by depicting the Muses on a...
3/4 of a rare denarius of Cassius, chief co-assassin of Julius Caesar, struck shortly before his defeat and death. If complete, this would have...
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Why is that a "concern"? If you are interested in the coin, you should look up the Spink info and confirm it. If you confirm it, you may have a...
In many cases, yes, but not always. The most common provenance reference you will see is a prior auction sale of the coin. For internet auctions...
@Ryro , your Victoriatus pictured above is a Spearhead series, not an L series. Did you attach the wrong photo?
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