Congratulations on a beautiful hekte!
Colorful toning is transient if not stored meticulously but can enhance the eye appeal of coins: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
It might be worth running that one by NGC. The style looks atypical for the region/period.
As @TIF said, that is indeed my coin. I bought it after the auction when it was slabbed... needless to say, it isn't anymore ;) Here are my...
Wow! You were able to walk inside the ruins?? I've never been outside of Athens and Sounion and assumed everywhere in Greece would be roped off....
Thanks! I definitely need to upgrade my camera capabilities. Your tray shots are wonderful.
Beautiful coins, Andrew. I'm curious as to how you take your full tray images? Do you have a camera with a large enough lens to not cause...
There has been a tremendous amount of electrum coming out since the 2011 Lanz auction so prices have dropped significantly but, even then, Lanz...
Heritage has been having many of their lots issued just with a photo certificate from NGC, saying you can get it slabbed by contacting one of...
Following on from TIF's turtle, here's mine: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
It is harder to find Republican coinage with Greek-tier artistry but it does exist: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I'm surprised the Magnentius hasn't been getting more love: double struck and a brockage? How cool!
You shouldn't have to worry if you (carefully) cracked it out. The reason why US coins have so much of their value tied to their holder is because...
I missed this thread the first time around: that is an incredible rider. If the coins weren't a century apart, they could have been engraved by...
#10 for the artistic reverse iconography and atypical portrait.
I vote for NGC over Sear. I've personally had a few too many coins turn out to be fake despite coming with Sear certificates. NGC isn't perfect...
Agreed. Galba's "Tarraco" dies are some of my favorite in the entire Imperial series.
I voted for your Crete: the beautiful Gortyna/Europa type over a Knossos stater where you can still see the undertype is fantastic. That said,...
If that provenance could be validated, I'd add a zero or two to the price but it sounds skeptical to me.
I don't believe these are the same hoard but I'll ask Peter when I see him in a couple weeks.
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