I had a good time. Crowds were small. I visited with one ancient coin dealer and a book seller who a set of RIC for sale. (I think I have the...
Houston's Winter Coin Show February 4-5, 2022 West Oaks Fellowship Event Center 14440 Richmond Ave. Houston, TX 77082 Friday...
We have a coin show this weekend in Houston. Today 11 - 5 and tomorrow (Sat) 9 - 3. The weather is a frosty, for Houston, 30 this morning. My wife...
I'd guess 5th to 8th century AD. Dating these weights is a guess unless there is find data. Most of the weights I have seen do not have that. The...
Interesting coin. I watch the T&F auctions, but have not bought from them for a while. They have interesting items. Reading descriptions is...
I saw an interesting and uncommon Roman Republican struck Asse recently. The seller's pics are below. I found only two examples online. One was in...
The Romans used shells on cast bronze coins in the 3rd century BC. They also produced cast bronze shells. I think some were votive items for...
It is hard to go wrong with 3 Graces - I have two of the same coin. I saw the second one in a live auction and bought it on a whim. [ATTACH]...
Wow, great coins and post @Ryro ! A write-up of my collection is in the TNA magazine. TNANewsMarch2021.pdf (ccatech.com) A week's pay in cast...
Cast coins can be expensive, but 5 - 10 of these were $100 or less. The inexpensive coins were semuncia, uncia, sextans or a piece of a cast coin....
Thanks for sharing. I agree with @panzerman that what is interesting to some could generate modern almost ancient coins. Maybe in 200 - 400 years...
Thanks for sharing! Reading Frank's blog & emails is worth a smile or two.
welcome @DeLaFe - It is good to have new perspectives here. It would be nice if you would add a pic or two of the stuff you picked up at the...
Congrats! It is a great coin. I like my Tarpeia reverse which is a replay of a RR reverse. [ATTACH] Augustus denarius Rome, 19 BC, Obv - bare...
congrats and good luck, I like this comparison of the ships on the reverse of coins of the RR & Pereus [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
A few years ago my cousin's daughter graduated from HS and went to Baylor. In honor of that, I sent her a bear coin. Funny thing is both her...
I agree with Dr. Walker's thoughts. I am amazed at how strong some feel that really old stuff belongs in museums, universities (to educate...
I had no luck in TRITON, but that is not surprising as I did not bid in or watch it. I did watch the The New York Sale and picked up my first RR...
Nice coin. I did not see coins with PONTMAX on the reverse, only PM... Your coin looks a bit like one sold by ROMA last year. I have seen several...
I attempted to buy a scale book from a company in France. They accepted the order, could not find the book and put me on their email list. When...
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