I could look at your coins all day long!
Yup, that's what our family gatherings have always been like. Conversations in a mishmash of Polish, French, and English.
My father was born in Poland, but his father died, my grandmother married a Belgian man and they moved the family to Brussels. My father was still...
I solved this problem by moving to Lancaster County, PA. Now when I win coins at CNG I just drive by their office and pick them up.
Low estimates encourage bidding, that's all there is to that. It's a trick many auction houses use.
That's a tremendous amount of work - many hours of valuable reading. Thank you so much for all the effort!
That's a beauty, J. W., congratulations!
Dude, you wouldn't look so old if you got dentures! [ATTACH] Here's my tribute penny... [ATTACH]
They also issued the type in bronze... [ATTACH]
That Oscan drachm is beautiful. They are indeed scarce, and even scarcer in better grades. In my few years of being a dealer, I only came across...
It's a good guess. The mark is garbled either because of faulty engraving or die chips, or a weak strike. SMNE is also a possibility, as well as...
That is indeed very far down the rabbit hole, but as all coinage deserves to be studied, all I can say is kudos! After the fourth image in the...
Wow, great pictures! That basketful of aes grave is fantastic. I'll have to visit someday.
Aesthetics are completely subjective. Collectors of modern silver mostly frown on black toning. Here's a Roman denarius that's gone completely,...
Limes denarius imitating a type of Marcus Aurelius? [ATTACH] Although your coin does in fact look more like bare-breasted Jupiter.
It doesn't look official. A bronze "limes" denarius (?) imitating Roma seated holding Victory. The COS in the left reverse field might narrow down...
That's a fairly compelling argument for Olbia! Thank you for the link. I was not aware of an attribution controversy. I've edited the title of...
I see what you did there. Aigai in Aeolis minted these minute bronzes in the 3rd century BC, with bust of Apollo and bust of goat. [ATTACH]
The city of Parion was founded in 709 BC. According to Strabo it was a colony of Milesians, Erythraeans, and Parians. It was under the hegemony of...
It's a great coin. Are the peaches colorized by gold plating? It doesn't look like paint.
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