I enjoy watching on line auctions. I watched a couple this weekend and plan another early next week. I wanted a cast sextans that is a bit ruff,...
I am a fan of anchors and have one in a countermark. [ATTACH]
I'd be tempted to put in a mail hold. The coin in the upper right was headed my way when we evacuated for Ike in 2008. I asked the seller to hold...
Interesting coins @thejewk . I went to a coin show this year and there were no ancient dealers...... so I found this one in a non-ancient dealer....
I am not very good with languages. I am only ok with English. I will learn Bulgarian when - [ATTACH]
I scanned the book again and found a reference to A for Libra and gamma for (a word with Greek letters) at the bottom of page 7. I missed...
@Valentinian Are you familiar with Byzantine weights? Two of my Byzantine (or late Roman) weights use letters in monogram: [ATTACH] L I for one...
An interesting lot from CNG arrived this week. It is a one Libra weight from the late Roman or early Byzantine Empire. I have collected weights...
Congrats! I like your web pages. They are well done.
Great web site and coins! It interesting the Eastern Roman empire is called the Byzantine empire today and they called themselves Romans. I have...
I think the answer lies in the difficulty of the process and the minting goals. I think they were worried about the number of coins per pound (As)...
Interesting early coin and nice Midas tough. I bought my first electrum nugget this month. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I like the details on your coin. I collect Moneta coins with scales, see them here -...
I think this one has interesting marks. I wonder if the W is a counter mark or a banker's mark. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
nice coin, what is on the reverse? Looks like it could be a butter churn. I picked up a duplicate recently because I like that it could be the...
Thanks for the links. It looks like I have a few more coins to find. I found a great Crawford 335/3, but it is a b not a g or f.
It is because you are not green. [ATTACH] @Ernesto Pulido there is more than one group here. I wander the ancient halls most often, but...
I agree with your post. I started collecting Roman scale weights a couple of years ago & struggled understanding how to ID them. My go to book now...
The coin circulated a long time. I think the marks are cuts to check purity, or testing for fourees.
I picked up two coins this week to make a small set of RR coins with voting on them. I suspect that there are some control marks that involve...
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