Thanks for the opening question Lev. See my article here on "The Future of Numismatics" from the ANA convention. New inventions, both material...
Nice coin. We had a discussion here on denominations and other people posted different kinds of "30 to the thaler." That would be like a US 3-cent...
I thought that the Alphabet series was a great idea. The coins are small denominations that move along well. The themes did not all excite me, not...
Thanks for the hard work. I printed that off as a PDF and filed in a folder for numismatics.
These are not even non-circulating legal tender, just trinkets and trifles. Really, it's fine, I suppose. Let the markets decide what sells, and...
I think you got it. I have spent some time with the origins of counting and these Phoenician numerals seem very much in the Sumerian tradition....
Cute coins. I have had several from Arados in the past, but none now. In the first case, I think at EOT is Greek for "Year" but I do not see...
Tyche is the goddess of fortune. She is shown with the city walls for her crown. In ancient Greek "Eutyche" (good fortune) was a common greeting...
Ah! I forgot about the Mercury/Prow series. Silly me... They are hard to photograph. I have another, a smaller Semi-uncia (Sydenham 87) but it...
Nice coin and the meteorite, Mars (the god of war) nonetheless being somewhat opposite in intention to Mercury (merchants and travelers)....
I bought this for the obverse and reverse. [ATTACH] I have been Mercury online under one name or another since the late 1980s. Now, I am...
I had to google a bit to find it: https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces43780.html Commemorative issue 12th Anniversary Columbia Space Shuttle...
[ATTACH] Obverse recumbant lion looking over back. Reverse incuse punches. 2.37 grams electrum one-sixth stater c. 550 BCE Miletos British Museum...
A myriad is 10,000: 100 times 100. Like dozen and score, it means an exact number. However, in modern English, the word is used more symbolically...
The anamorphic technique appears in The Ambassadors by Holbein the Younger. [ATTACH] The object at the bottom, above these words is a skull....
The press release came from the Numismatic Crime Information Center. From: Numismatic Crime Information Center <doug@numismaticcrimes.ccsend.com>...
What is a jital? No single article in Wikipedia has that title. Several articles about rulers mention their coins or economies, but nothing in...
If you look at your Augustus Comet again from the oblique view, the face becomes dramatically more lifelike. The Philip/Zeugma reveals more than...
On which point? He made four. First, he said that we are projecting ourselves on the past. Second, he said that ancient people did not know how...
Before I placed my re-post of the announcement, I did not see your post though I searched for "Bressett" in the titles. Yesterday, I was in Best...
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