Hi folks, normally on most platforms, we do not know against who were are facing when bidding a coveted ancient coin. However, sometimes, the...
Hi, I was browsing the platform called Emaxbid and the hosted auction by Ars Coin Wien. Seeing there is no lot (when 464 are supposed to be...
Point in case, the poster in another forum straightforwardly expressed uncertainty regarding his coin being a Sidonian or Samarian type. Indeed,...
Hi, coin misattribution seldom occurs when the auction house experts have difficulty (or have no idea) what reference to attach. This happens...
20161017 Update Well, well, well. The level of eeriness rises again. Another case is found: CNG eAuction 385, lot 273. I do not know if CNG is...
Hi, Lanz Numismatik has good reputation, but I heard counterfeits seldom found their way once in a while. eBay is such a platform that...
Is that a mis-attribution from Numismatik Naumann? https://www.pecunem.com/auction-27/lot-252 That really looks like the head of the Phrygian...
I think the hemitetartemorion is the smallest type of all. Anyways, Savoca-Coins has one available on eBay at a good quality. It is the rosette...
Reasonable Candidate While browsing my favorite coin firms on eBay, I noticed a couple of tetartemorions from Savoca-Coins that give me...
Two New Tetartemorions The region of Cilicia offers quite an array of cute tetarmorions. This new one displaying the Achaemenid iconography...
Recently, I bid on a tetartemorion from the firm Savoca-Coins. Due to the condition of the said coin along with a lack of identification, the...
Gee...I finally found a reference to a smaller denomination of sigloi Type III. Here it is mentioned only 1/8 siglos weight exists for the...
Hi, I was wondering what is exactly the process from discovered hoards of coins til the moment it ends up in coin dealer shops. It is suspected...
Cilician Tetartemorions In Asia Minor, Cilicia has many interesting variants of the satrapal coinage. The rarest amongst them are often these...
Do you think reputable coin dealers that still use eBay such as Numismatik Lanz, Gitbud-Naumann, Solidus Numismatik, Savoca-Coins, etc. are OK?...
Tissaphernes - Bronze Coinage Issues Tissaphernes - whose original non-Greek name was reconstructed and meant "with shining/bright...
Sometimes, it boils down in avoiding entering into a bidding war (assuming the coin was acquired through auction as most are sold). The gap...
Now I understand. Due to the placement of the clay within a crack, I thought the true face of coin was starting to unveil. Just like my type III...
Ancient fourrees exist. Sometimes, unscrupulous mint owners (or a worker that stole some dies) started to mint their own coins. Why I believe your...
That Siglos Type II with the preserved shoe! It was actually the first post that made me discovered Cointalk. At that moment too, you expressed...
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