7Calbrey, Confusing the portrait on your coin with Caracalla is quite natural :). The roughness on your coin resembles a beard, but I don't recall...
I just spotted this interesting & timely article in the Smithsonian Magazine, about women beer makers who dominated the trade until they were...
Wow :jawdrop:! I'll bet the spirits in that neighborhood could tell us some interesting stories :smuggrin:.
Inspector43, otlichnik is right on, what's on your coin isn't original silvering :(. The follis I scored long ago does have nearly complete...
John, Happy St. Patrick's Day to you as well :D! I'm not a beer drinker on cold days so I'll settle for some Jameson Whiskey left over from last...
Thanks to Ocat for posting this announcement :happy:. I will sign-up for this program but don't know how much of it I'll be able to watch or how...
John, Nice score on your 1/4 Stater miniature :happy:! In your description you mentioned the Veneti Tribe, their coins are rare & very expensive....
The toning on the Metellus denarius gives it great eye appeal :woot:.
John, Those are handsome looking coins :). The denarius of Pupienus looks like a FDC proof-like presentation piece :jawdrop:!
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] Celtic Imitation of a Thasos Tetradrachm, AR 16.35 gm, 35 mm, 12 h. Which of the two coins would win an ugly contest, the top...
Sometimes it's difficult to determine who made these coins o_O. I got this coin slabbed before putting it up for auction & NGC didn't commit to...
Peter Van Alfen states that over a 500 year period hundreds of millions of them were struck :jawdrop:! Harlan Berk estimates that over 100,000...
I added the Owl pictured below to my collection several years ago :happy:. [ATTACH] Athens, 454-404 BCE, AR Tetradrachm: 25 mm, 17.22 gm, 3 h.
Yippee, I got one right :happy:! Thank you Curtis for organizing this fun event & to CT members who donated prizes :D.
I enjoyed the video :happy:, thanks for pointing it out.
Thanks for taking the time to play with these numbers :D! I'm not sure if anything was gained from your exercise, but your diligence is...
I based what I posted in this thread not only on my own experiences & observations of market activity, especially auction results, but also on...
Your hypothesis could very well explain the runup in prices for "high-end" coins & collectables, however, the "top 20% of income earners" aren't...
Now that President Biden has passed the 1.9 trillion $ relief package inflation will kick in again, without regards to what the economists are...
Doug, according to CNG the letter Epsilon denotes the 5th Officina ;).
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