Sure, I haven't posted it in a long time. Pedigree is ex-Biaggi and the Calico plate coin: [ATTACH]
Doug isn't overselling how challenging it is to add some of Pius' iconic bronze types (Zodiac and Labors of Hercules). There have been a couple...
As evidenced by my avatar, I care about AP!
It's a popular but fairly common type, especially in recent years (there have been many gold octodrachms on the market as of late). There have...
500K unfortunately wouldn't even get to the open - this coin last sold a few years ago at NAC for 2.3M hammer.
Agreed, and I anticipate increasing my number of side collections as it becomes prohibitively difficult to fill in blanks in my core collection....
It isn't valuable for the toning - the value is the obverse's style which is unusually nice.
I had about 600 coins before @lordmarcovan introduced me to the "box of 20" concept many years ago. I don't have a hard and fast rule of "no more...
I underbid that one as well - thought my bid would be enough... alas... I already have a nice example of the type but I've always wanted this...
There was a (much, much) nicer example up for sale two weeks later in Roma VII which I opted to go for instead and unfortunately underbid. The...
Unfortunately no, although not for lack of trying! I was as after the Akragas, Olympia stater, Alexander octodrachm, and Olynthus tetradrachm and...
Congratulations on adding a great coin - I was your underbidder :-) I was surprised it went as high as it did as I assumed the sale had fallen...
I'll also add that estimates are not equal to value. Some auction houses notoriously under-estimate coins, some have strong estimates, and some...
He has sold a handful of coins before but generally doesn't. I'd consider coins won by him to be off the market and very unlikely to ever return.
This wasn't a shill. The coin is being sold as part of the Gasvoda collection (Gasvoda owns CNG now). It was bought by the bidder 786Coins who is...
I change my username every time just to be deceptive. I haven't tried impersonating anyone but that's not a bad idea! ;-)
Yes, they are assets (so is your couch and your cat) but buy what you love because you love it, not what you think will make money.
An interesting selection of emperors, and what look like rather nice coins. It would be a travesty to break apart the necklace.
While there does appear to be some ingrained human gravitation toward gold, at the pricepoint you're seeking, it may be a net-reduction in quality...
Personally, I'd classify the current ancient Greek market as frustratingly strong. There are a few relatively new players who are spending vast...
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