jdmKY, That's a real treasure, thanks for sharing :D! Both portraits are outstanding :cool:.
Many of these objects continued to be made long after Augustus, Antony & Cleopatra left this earth. I guess they were popular reminders of the...
CNG Triton XXIV Auction that ended yesterday featured some spectacular coins of Mark Antony & Cleopatra. Pictured below is a tetradrachm from...
Many archaeologists & historians believe the Chinese were the 1st to invent bronze. Chinese archaeology works at a very slow pace so we may not no...
That's a good point ;). I think most historians view cowry shells & other sea shells as barter material instead of actual money used to pay debts...
That's an excellent point :D! We know shells were used as money by the Native Americans living in the northeast. Ancient Chinese bronze casters...
An interesting article published by INVERSE attempts to answer this question with a very convincing study, see the link below. [ATTACH] Bronze...
The person making the offer on my coin may not be aware that NYS charges 8% on purchases from Heritage, but Heritage certainly does, & they should...
Diocletian era folles & Levant Tets are my main collecting focus, so those coins aren't for sale :cool:.
Sorry about the confusion :confused:. I probably should have constructed the sentence differently ;).
Without regards to statistical "mumbo jumbo", I didn't plan on selling the coin at this time & when I do I'll ask considerably more than $245.00 :p.
Yesterday while watching the CNG Triton XXIV auction I received an anonymous offer, via Heritage, for a Galerius follis I won from one of their...
Shogun, None of those coins were mine :(. I've never been in the upper echelon of ancient coin collecting, however, I do have 2 ancient coins & 1...
NYC has been a Mecca for ancient coins for decades. I never went to a coin show in NYC but did attend some of the antique shows when the market...
The only bargains I saw at the auction were in the group of Papal medals. Many of the beautiful gold medals, & some were hefty, sold at way lower...
I finally broke away from the auction & fixed myself a Jack Daniels on the rocks :D. The 1st day had some spectacular results :jawdrop:. The...
Nice score Henry :D! I took your coin out of the dungeon for a better look ;). The coin has an excellent portrait & attractive reverse, great...
I sold this example at a Heritage auction several years ago :happy:. [ATTACH] Kingdom of Cappadocia, Antiochus VII, 138-129 BC, Reverse: Athena...
It's amazing how many emperors used the phrase RESTITVTOR VRBIS, or variations of it, & how few were really successful :smuggrin:. My favorite is...
V.K., Great selection of interesting coins :D! The Marcian solidus stands out among the 10 coins :cool:. The Augustus denarius follows closely...
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