This of course is lovely and natural and a good contrast to the first example posted by OP.
This coin is sadly very heavily tooled to the extent its design has been altered. Apart from the general tooled look around all the devices, the...
Time magazine this week has a good discussion on Ganymede and related topics including Plato's Symposium, “After the division the two parts of...
Yes. You must return as is.
With this weight and style, both of these are likely among the second Punic war lightweight issues struck in Sardinia, Sicily and Campania. McCabe...
That's an excellent CA triens much better than my own collection example. If you ever feel like parting with it let me know. Suspect the CA...
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Here's something I threw together over the last couple of decades. Roman struck bronze coins of Luceria and Canusium during second Punic war by...
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"It varies" is as accurate as one can get I expected and saw as usual a host of comments about high commissions charged. - Roma and CNG employ...
Correct, both the same type. Crawford 471, minted in Spain, comes in several different styles. Usually this type comes in very poor condition and...
Ramo Secco dried leaf pattern half-bar found in Chiusi c.1870 and 50 pesos atop a Roman galley [ATTACH] USB silver kilogram heated drink coaster...
There are zero restrictions on importing coins dated after 212 BC into USA. You don't even need to declare them. Coins dated before 212 BC can...
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When you personally know most of the collectors who have consigned coins or their collections to auction under a "collection name" in recent...
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No, and it's not appropriate for you to name collectors who have not advertised their names themselves. Possibly you were told the information in...
A great deal of unnecessary doubting of well established information sources such as the Bourgey November 1913 sale being of the collection of the...
Everyone needs Spring. Which starts Monday.
Since late 2000s, Lanz eBay has mass marketed ancient coins with I understand staff who do the actual procurement and selling and having in my...
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