Maybe you can watch the movie instead and hear great quotes like: "Nothing burps better than bacon." [ATTACH]
I see the book on Amazon in English. I think I bought it at Half-Price Books recently. I will have to check when I get home.
Nice didrachm! My favorite is an Iberian (Roman Republican Provincial) that could be the first living Roman on a coin. In 211 Publius Cornelius...
A hand aes grave is on my wish list. There are several types. Good story to go with yours! I had not noticed the boxing glove.
The MOU between the US and Italy covering cultural property was extended on Jan. 15, 2016. The MOU has been in place since 2001, and added...
Most Byzantine coins are quite a way down on my priority list. I would like to have a Jesus coin with a nose (like the one below)! [ATTACH]...
non omnibus dormio
I think the Ike dollar obverse looks a lot like Consul Aulus Postumius Albinus on the obv of a coin by a moneyer with the same name in 48BC...
Gallienus took his reverse design from a denarius by Decimus Junius Brutus in 48 BC. I would guess there are others. [ATTACH] RR denarius, 48BC,...
I have at least one coin from an Australian company. They have an auction in April - http://www.noble.com.au/auctions/article?id=59
I keep a spreadsheet of the ancient coins I borrow (I will not sell them, but they will be here when I am gone). I note where I bought the coin. I...
I would start with something you like, but in a price range you can spend and buy half a dozen and not feel stretched for coin funds. Increase the...
The one place I suggest Air-tites, or something similar, is for crystallized silver coins. They are fragile and can break into pieces. The case...
As JA said, grading ancients is complicated. I have read Doug's pages several times and go back to them at times. I put my thoughts on how to pick...
The distinct Chi Rho is a plus too. Is having Victory in the boat and a chi-rho banner an oxymoron?
Nice examples! I am amazed by the art work on Roman coins. My favorite holding head coin - [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Roman Republican Denarius Mint -...
I would put mine in 28 based on sideburn length, but not with a lot of conviction. All of the drachms have ROMA below an exergue (Sp?) line. The...
nice coin and interesting history.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] I picked up a new demonimation this week, an Anonymous AR Drachm or Half-Quadrigatus. I am at a loss to tell the difference in...
Looks like an Andy Warhol bag to me.... and a fake coin, no flow lines.
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