One of the books on my long term wish list was written by E Babelon in the 1880's. Today, I crossed it off my list. It has been on the list so...
I have not purchased lots from CNG, but I agree with @Ken Dorney that I value the coins I can see. The ones I can not see have $0 value. If the...
Great coin, I especially like the radiant head of Sol!
@fstake It looks like an ancient scale weight to me. What size (dia & height) and weight? If you google search for ancient scale weight or...
Great coins all, but the Phanes trite is my favorite by far! I like the early legend.
What do you do when buying from a new company? I normally like to watch some of their auctions, see what CT folks think, read info on their web...
Nice coin! I like the portrait in your coin. I want to know what he saw to make that grin??? I wanted one of these in profile, but could not find...
@ancientcoinguru Nice loom weight. I have seen a few of those in auctions, but have not bid on one yet. They look interesting and evidently come...
I live in Texas and received a package from Vienna last week via Fedex. All of the messages showed the item in Vienna the day before. It was the...
I bought a pair of cast bars recently. As a throw-in, I bought a Q.TITI quinarius. I was paying postage, so the incremental cost was about $50. I...
Nice coin and great write-up. I bought an Owl Corinthian Helmet / Aegis Medusa Cr 463/2 from this moneyer several years ago, but have no pic to...
In this coin fight, I go Caesar's elephant. Not the best design of one on a small coin, but historic. C's coin is in great condition, well struck,...
@stevex6 Great example of a flip-over double strike. The reverse looks really interesting. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Roman Republican Denarius, 121 BC...
I think the tribute penny is one of the better stories of the Bible. It is extra neat because I have a coin related to the story. I pasted the...
Wish I could attend. Maybe next year.
I think the key word when buying from a foreign company is patience. I have had good luck from Italy in the past several months. I did have a long...
@dougsmit An excellent write-up with just a tad of name dropping.
I like how the Romans revived the design of the Victoriatus for several Quinarius about 100 years later. This trips up auction houses that are in...
The Quincunx I have is a five dotter. According to Vecci, ICC, this coin series was based on a 10 uncia coin. The 5 dot coin weighed 30 to 43...
Nice web site @Valentinian ! I enjoy seeing coins posted by others. I have a few, but I can find the pic of this one, so here goes - [ATTACH]...
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