Here's a pretty good upgrade and it brings up the question Doug raised about buying a coin when you know you'll want an upgrade. I bought it...
I received an Alexandrian C-Gall on Friday and it has a desirable pedigree: Ex Zumbly (albeit only briefly :D) Ex Giovanni Dattari Collection of...
I enjoy your posts, @ancient coin hunter :).
Wow, I didn't know Google Translate could handle uploaded documents! When did they add that functionality, or was it there all along? I just...
Cheers, Brian, and here's to the next 85K! I'm so glad to have met you through our mutual hobby :).
Maybe... and maybe later this week I'll have time to catch up with this and other threads :sorry:. I started a new job last week... a very...
I forgot I did an in-hand video of my Entella tet. Looks like a quivering octopus is holding the coin o_O. [MEDIA]
I remember that coin! Definitely a memorable design :).
A beautiful coin with intriguing history-- what's not to love? Herakles looks quite pleased and the horse is well rendered :). [IMG] SICILY,...
The only coins I routinely treat upon arrival are billon Alexandrian tetradrachms. They get a bit of Verdicare. Occasionally other bronzes do...
Oh Mat, I'm so sorry. How difficult this must be for you! The new coins are classic.
Per Curtis, Varbanov has been known to edit/alter images. The difference in flan outline could be due to cropping of the plate coin images and...
Very interesting! Thanks.
I'll take tails since the odds are 3:2 :wacky: :D Yeah, this one is now added to the list :). Okay :D. A snake atop a horse... not just...
The dies match but the flan doesn't, unless the Varbanov images were cropped or altered (unlikely?). Sometimes there can be seemingly...
Wow, Pish! An outstanding example! Congrats :)
What an unusual and fantastic coin!! Added to my wish list.
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The caduceus isn't the symbol of medical practice in the US (at least not the physician's symbol)... the staff of Asklepios is. That aside,...
:hilarious: I've lost count of how many CTers have gone through a phase where they publicly announce going on the wagon. Usually lasts a few...
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