I love a seafaring thread! As long as we're on the subject, I'll add a mystery coin that I found at NYINC. It's either an issue of Demetrios I or...
Assembling a collection is an artistic pursuit, much in the same way a painter assembles colors, or a composer assembles tones. The best advice...
A pretty woman on an ugly coin, a limes, or AE denarius of JD. Sometimes you buy a coin for its numismatic rather than aesthetic interest. Most of...
Wow, nice find! I had a similar experience with a mixed lot of LRB's recently - came across this quarter follis of Maximian, also a rare, smaller...
@Sallent An enviable set of Severan denarii! Julia Domna is one of a handful of Romans I'd like to meet once a time machine is invented. She was a...
Nice story brah! Like winning the lottery. :)
Nice score Randy. I've always thought the Alexandrian tets were a great way to check Otho off the 12-Caesars list. Better-grade coins have a great...
We've got plenty of wine and women. :cool:
Batman is Dionysos. I'm Fatman.
I'm ok with the idea of an Ancients and Medieval forum - it seems that collectors of ancients dabble in Medieval more frequently than collectors...
Hello my friends, here is a selection of historically interesting and eclectic coins. $4 shipping in the US for First Class Parcel with tracking....
Great looking coin, nice find!
That's not dirty. This, on the other hand...tsk tsk tsk. [ATTACH]
Hello friends, I have six coins to share with you today. I accept paypal, personal checks and money orders. Shipping is $4 for First Class Parcel...
Nice! I've always enjoyed your work.
So I have a dealer attribution of "The Dahae of Choresmia - Archer series - AR Scyphate obol, ca. 250-130 BC," which is in the right neighborhood,...
You're kinda scary Ed. Brilliant, but scary. :p
What is it? 9mm, 0.3g :bookworm: [ATTACH]
I found two Greek drachms - one is sexy, the other one has a great personality. First sexy: drachm of Istros with nice centering, surfaces, and...
I love to cherry-pick through bags of LRB's. One dealer had about twenty bags of coins from a recent hoard find, all with the same mineral patina...
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